Gender, Society, and Print Culture in Late Stuart England: The Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury.(Book Review)

Helen Berry. Gender, Society and Print Culture in Late-Stuart England: The Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate. 2003. Pp. xiii, 264. $69.95. ISBN 0-7546-0496-9.

Helen Berry's new work is a reasoned and cogent analysis of an under-researched periodical source that is rapidly becoming of interest to the scholarly community. While recent articles have concentrated upon the scientific content of the Athenian Mercury, Berry's recent work is a welcome addition to studies of the interrelationships between early modern English print culture and gender. The ...

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