The document discusses three female poets from the same era as Andrew Marvell who have fluctuated in popularity over the past 300 years. It notes that Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, and Katherine Philips are represented to varying degrees in modern anthologies. It asks what reasons could account for the discrepancy in how their works were regarded historically, such as differences in quality, style, politics, social standing, or gender. The document also defines écriture féminine as a specifically gendered form of women's writing and asks students to analyze one of the three poems in terms of whether it exemplifies this concept.

1. Week Four Non-Coy Mistresses Anne Bradstreet, Aphra Behn, and Katherine Philips