This project is an exploration of canon formation – specifically, the ways in which some literary works are considered ‘major’ while others are marginalized as ‘minor’ or even ‘unimportant.’  You will no doubt have noticed that while there are, indeed, women writers actively engaged in their craft during the timeframe of our course, they have not generally been included in this rather sparse reading list, and they are not often accorded a major place in the so-called ‘canon’ of literature in most anthologies of Medieval and Renaissance British literature. Researchessay..docx