Creatively Expanding the Premodern Historical and Literary Afterlives

Introduction Part 1: Classical and Biblical 1. Contemporary Visions of Classical Greek Women 2. Retellings of Greek Mythology 3. Biblical Retellings Part 2: Powerful Medieval Women 4. Catherine of Siena 5. Magic and Medieval Women Part 3: Sixteenth Century English Queens 6. Katherine of Aragon 7. Queen Elizabeth I 's Courtships Part 4: Shakespeare 8. Shakespearean Creative Non-Fiction and Poetry 9. Shakespearean Rags 10. Shakespearean Women Part 5: Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Writers 11. Spenser, Donne and Milton