English Literature / Unit 8 ENL 0711 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Aemilia Lanyer
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The idea
Aemilia Lanyer published Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum in sixteen eleven, religious poetry that defends women, including Eve. The anchor notes that A. L. Rowse claimed her, on dubious grounds, as Shakespeare's dark lady, and that her work converses with earlier women writers.
In practice
A woman's Passion poem, defending women.
Where people slip
The dark-lady claim is unsupported.
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