{"product_id":"writings-of-a-well-learned-gentlewoman-volume-109-paperback","title":"Writings of a Well-Learned Gentlewoman: Volume 109 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCutcheon\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJaime Goodrich\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gentrup\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe collected writings of Margaret More Roper, presented and annotated for classroom use.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Margaret More Roper (1505-44) was, at the age of nineteen, the first early modern woman writer in Tudor England and the first nonroyal woman to have a book printed in the English language. As the eldest daughter of Sir Thomas More, Roper received a cutting-edge education in Latin and Greek that was virtually unprecedented for a woman. Besides gaining an international reputation for her outstanding erudition, Roper served as More's confidante during his imprisonment. Her correspondence from this period offers valuable insight into a key moment in English history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This Other Voice series edition recognizes Margaret More Roper as a notable historical figure in her own right and as one of the most learned women of her time. It publishes all her extant writings in modernized spelling, with annotations, a glossary, and a current bibliography of studies about her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret More Roper\u003c\/b\u003e (1505-1544) was the first nonroyal woman to have a book printed in England: \u003ci\u003eDevout Treatise upon the Pater Noster\u003c\/i\u003e, an English translation of a Latin commentary on the Lord's Prayer by Desiderius Erasmus. \u003cb\u003eElizabeth McCutcheon\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus at the University of Hawai'i and is the foremost authority on Margaret Roper. Recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Center for Thomas More Studies, she has published numerous articles on Roper. This series edition is the culmination of her outstanding scholarly contributions to Roper studies. \u003cb\u003eJaime Goodrich\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of English and director of the Humanities Center at Wayne State University and has published widely on early modern women writers, particularly in relation to Catholicism and humanism. \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gentrup \u003c\/b\u003eis professor emeritus at Arizona State University and is the editor or coeditor of three scholarly collections on Renaissance subjects, including, with Elizabeth McCutcheon, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Margaret More Roper Studies: Life Records, Essential Texts, and Critical Essays\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 154\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460081795250,"sku":"9781649591227","price":79.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/1608dd911d5576d76a763c4027a7bfb1.webp?v=1778909705","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/writings-of-a-well-learned-gentlewoman-volume-109-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}