Gillian Wright combines literary and bibliographical approaches to examine the work of five English women poets in the period 1600-1730.

Introduction; 1. The resources of manuscript: Anne Southwell, readership and literary property; 2. The material muse: Anne Bradstreet in manuscript and print; 3. The extraordinary Katherine Philips; 4. The anxieties of agency: compilation, publicity and judgement in Anne Finch's poetry; 5. Publishing Marinda: Robert Molesworth, Mary Monck and Caroline of Ansbach; Conclusion: producing women's poetry.

Gillian Wright lives in West London and has worked in a primary school for the last fourteen years. She has always had a love of books and spent many hours reading to her children when they were growing up. She now enjoys reading with her grandchildren. This is her second book for children.