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More Praise for Shakespeare’s Sisters

“In this decidedly feminist take on the literature of the English Renaissance, Targoff profiles four women who wrote during Shakespeare’s lifetime: Mary Sidney, Aemilia Lanyer, Elizabeth Cary, and Anne Clifford.

Targoff colorfully captures these women who followed their passion for writing at a time when women were considered property and did not always receive any formal education . . .  The inclusion of historical art and texts gives readers the flavor of the Renaissance.” —Library Journal

“Targoff delivers a vibrant group portrait of four women writers in Elizabethan England, most of whom were ignored or obscured for centuries but were ‘resurrected’ by feminist scholars in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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. . . Targoff’s narrative is full of vivid personalities and intriguing tales of court alliances and rivalries. It’s an enlightening study of the era’s literary scene and the women who persevered despite their excl