Fugitive Papers: Orinda's Literary Career

This book explores the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective, arguing that her work "The Matchless Orinda" embodied the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature and demonstrates how a woman poet could achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 216 pages
Publication date: 13 March 2023
Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

When the book titled "Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P." was published in 1664, Katherine Philips herself defined it as those fugitive papers that have escaped my hands, expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her apparent modesty, Orinda and her work definitely occupied an important position in the literary field of that time. This book studies the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective. It posits that the Matchless Orinda embodies the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature, and shows how a woman poet, following in the footsteps of successful male counterparts, such as Abraham Cowley and John Dryden, was able to achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.

When the book titled "Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P." was published in 1664, Katherine Philips herself defined it as those fugitive papers that have escaped my hands, expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her apparent modesty, Orinda and her work definitely occupied an important position in the literary field of that time. This book studies the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective. It posits that the Matchless Orinda embodies the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature, and shows how a woman poet, following in the footsteps of successful male counterparts, such as Abraham Cowley and John Dryden, was able to achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.

Weight: 287g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783034346221
Edition number: New ed