17th- and 18th-Century Poems by Women
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Length 18 min
Chapters 7
This class project is a collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century verse by women, focusing first on women as writers. It has been coordinated by the students' teacher, Tonya Howe.
Chapters
1
'The Prologue,' by Anne Bradstreet Read by thowe 2:41
2
'The Author to Her Book,' by Anne Bradstreet Read by thowe 2:02
3
'The Poetess's Hasty Resolution,' by Margaret Cavendish Read by thowe 1:26
4
'To the Fair Clarinda, Who Made Love to Me, Imagined More than Woman,' by Aphra Behn Read by thowe 1:44
5
'The Disappointment,' by Aphra Behn Read by thowe 6:03
6
'To My Lord Colrane, In Answer to His Complemental Verses Sent Me Under the Name of Cleanor,' by Anne Killigrew Read by thowe 2:18
7
'The Rights of Woman,' by Anna Letitia Barbauld Read by thowe 2:07
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