Title English women, religion, and textual production, 1500-1625 / edited by Micheline White

Published Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 252 pages) : illustrations, portrait Series Women and gender in the early modern world Women and gender in the early modern world. Contents Introduction : women, religious communities, prose genres, and textual production / Micheline White -- Living stones : Lady Elizabeth Russell and the art of sacred conversation / Patricia Phillippy -- Theise dearest offrings of my heart : the sacrifice of praise in Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke's Psalmes / Mary Trull -- Anne Dacre Howard, Countess of Arundel, and Catholic patronage / Susannah Brietz Monta -- Ensigne-bearers of Saint Clare : Elizabeth Evelinge's early translations and the restoration of England franciscanism / Jaime Goodrich -- Lady Anne Clifford and the uses of Christian warfare / Julie Crawford -- Prospecting for common ground in devotion : Queen Katherine Parr's personal prayerbook / Janel Mueller -- "Halff a scrypture woman" : heteroglossia and female authorial agency in prayers by Lady Elizabeth Tyrwhit, Anne Lock, and Anne Wheathill / Susan M. Felch -- Authority, scripture, and typography in Lady Grace Mildmay's manuscript meditations / Kate Narveson -- Lady Margaret Beaufort's translations as mirrors as practical piety / Brenda M. Hosington -- "Nether bitterly nor brablingly" : Lady Anne Cooke Bacon's translation of Bishop Jewel's Apologia ecclesiae anglicanae / Patricia Demers Summary Focusing on Tudor and Jacobean women's religious literary activities, this volume explores the complex ways in which texts, authors and patrons responded to key religious, political, social and literary developments. The collection highlights the vitality of neglected genres such as prayers, meditations and translations, and it stresses the importance of women's engagement with both Catholic and Reformed religion during the period Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism English literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism Women and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century Religion and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century Women and religion -- England -- History -- 16th century Women and religion -- England -- History -- 17th century Religion in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Women Authors. English literature -- Early modern English literature -- Women authors Religion and literature Religion in literature Women and literature Women and religion England Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book Author White, Micheline LC no. 2010053822 ISBN 9781409406525 1409406520 1409406512 9781409406518 1283089718 9781283089715 1317142896 9781317142898 9786613089717 6613089710

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