The daughters of the first Earl of Cork : writing family, faith, politics and place

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Full Title:: The daughters of the first Earl of Cork : writing family, faith, politics and place / Ann-Maria Walsh

Subjects:: Boyle family--Correspondence
Cork, Richard Boyle,Earl of,1566-1643--Family
English prose literature--Women authors--History and criticism
Upper class women--Ireland--Correspondence
Upper class women--Ireland--History--17th century
Family members

Table of Contents:: Place and identity -- Stages of womanhood and the gendered experience -- Women writing war -- Protestant piety: practice and expression -- Legacy-making and remembering a life.
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:: "Based on the recovery and analysis of the letters and private papers of the wife, daughters, daughters-in-law, and granddaughters of Richard Boyle (1566-1643), first earl of Cork, this book examines how these women perceived and wrote their lives as individuals and as members of their famous family. The book explores the theme of identity through close readings of the extant texts from a number of perspectives: the figuration of Ireland; gender; the impact of civil war rupture; Protestantism; and legacy-making. This original showcasing of the Boyle women's largely forgotten female-voiced texts further illuminates how these women used the occasion of family writing and record-keeping to develop self-presentation strategies that allowed them to situate their lives at the centre of the transformations that were taking place in early modern Ireland and Britain." --
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 178 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, genealogical table ; 24 cm