EN 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Emilia Lanier, On Being, Anne Bradstreet
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Women who published, they were publicly shamed and called whores for stepping out of their place: they should not earn money for their efforts, yet men are. Context is important to fully understand the poem: ex; aemilia lanyer is one of the very few women to be educated at her time. Salue deus rex iud orum: sith cynthia is ascended to that rest. Where saints and angells do attend her throne, She starts off with a powerful woman. She creates a very particular sphere that is female dominated and of powerful women who work in that sphere. Women do not have to be weak, they can be strong and powerful. This is why she should be able to publish her works. Queen elizabeth was so effective as a woman in charge, died, and has gone to heaven - she is beneath no one but god: to thee great countesse now i will applie.
