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Shakespeare’s Sisters: How Women Wrote the Renaissance

Maybe someday

37

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

37/100

Critics

37/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Ramie Targoff

Publisher:

Knopf

Date:

March 12, 2024

This work about women writers in the English Renaissance challenges our notion of the Shakespearean period by drawing us into the lives of four women who were committed to their craft.

What The Reviewers Say

Tina Brown,
The New York Times Book Review
[A] fascinating excavation of four intellectual powerhouse women of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
Cammy Brothers,
The Wall Street Journal
Lanyer’s case may not persuade, but Ms. Targoff’s does: These little-known female voices widen our lens onto a past we thought we knew..
Kristen Stewart,
Library Journal
This is a very readable but scholarly work on a little-known part of literary history..
A. E. Siraki,
Booklist
While intended for both scholarly and general readers, Shakespeare’s Sisters is more academic in tone and can be overwhelming for those who don’t already know much about the era..