Fugitive Papers

Orinda’s Literary Career

Author: Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero, María José Álvarez-Faedo and Beatriz Penas-Ibáñez Series: Critical Perspectives on English and American Literature, Communication and Culture

This book studies Katherine Phillips’ career, focusing on her life and literary legacy, analysing some lines from a historicist perspective, with a particular emphasis on the socio-political context and the author’s self-representation within her work.

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When the book titled Poems. By the Incomparable Mrs K.P. was published in 1664 Katherine Philips herself defined it as "those fugitive papers that have escap'd my hands", expressing her reluctance to publish them and her aversion to her works appearing in print. Despite her (apparent) modesty, Orinda and her work definitely occupied an important position in the literary field of that time. This book studies the life and work of Katherine Philips (1632-1664) from a historicist and socio-critical perspective. It posits that 'the Matchless Orinda' embodies the literary shift from manuscript to printed literature, and shows how a woman poet, following in the footsteps of successful male counterparts, such as Abraham Cowley and John Dryden, was able to achieve fame in the male-dominated literary world.

About the Author

Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero is Full Professor of English Literature, and teaches English Literature and Literary Translation at the University of Córdoba, Spain. He holds a Ph.D in English Studies from said institution and a Ph.D in Spanish Language and Literature from the University Complutense of Madrid. He has written on Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, Margaret Cavendish, Hester Pulter, John Milton, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, George Eliot, Anne Brontë, Blanco White, Juan Valera and Alberto Lista.