Women reading shakespeare 1660 1900 comprehensively rediscovers a lost tradition of womens writing on shakespeare since margaret cavendish published the first critical essay on shakespeare in 1664 women have written as scholars critics editors performers and popularisers of shakespeare. The anthology was designed as a tribute to ann thompson the general editor of the arden series who edited the massive arden volume of all three texts of hamlet with neil taylor and who throughout her career has broken new ground in feminist criticism of shakespeare especially with her 1997 anthology with sasha roberts women reading . Women reading shakespeare 1660 1900 comprehensively rediscovers a lost tradition of womens writing on shakespeare since margaret cavendish published the first critical essay on shakespeare in 1664 women have written as scholars critics editors performers and popularisers of shakespeare many found in shakespeare criticism the opportunity to raise a wide variety of issues ranging from . Women reading shakespeare 1660 1900 comprehensively rediscovers a lost tradition of womens writing on shakespeare since margaret cavendish published the first critical essay on shakespeare in 1664 women have written as scholars critics editors performers and popularisers of shakespeare many found in shakespeare criticism the opportunity to raise a wide variety of i. Note citations are based on reference standards however formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study the specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher classroom teacher institution or organization should be applied publisher