Aemelia Lanyer was the "first" established Englishwoman to have asserted her identity as a poet through her single collection of poems. Eve's Apologie by Lanyer is essentially a subversive text that questions dominant assumptions about the role of...

“The private space, the dark cave or rural estate, the distance of isolation, these became the places of the poet, and, paradoxically, offered the readiest means for him to recreate a politically alert audience.” (Greg Walker)

The purpose of...

The Biblical figure of Eve has been a source of much scrutiny, contention, and conflicting portrayals in literature. Two works, Salve Deus Rex Judæorum, written by Emilia Lanier in 1611, and Paradise Lost, by John Milton in 1667, both depict her...