The politics of feminine retreat in Margaret Cavendish's the female academy and the convent of pleasure

Women's Writing

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Chalmers, Hero ^a  

^a FITZWILLIAM COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052016329     PISSN: 09699082     EISSN: 17475848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09699089900200058     Document Type: Article

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