Title Reading humility in early modern England / Jennifer Clement

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) Contents 1. Breeches parts : humility, pride, and social hierarchy -- 2. Acting (false) humility : Eastward ho! and the problem of hypocrisy -- 3. Kissing the wound : humility and humiliation in John Donne's Sermons and Devotions upon emergent occasions -- 4. The queens' humility : Katherine Parr, Elizabeth I, and humble agency -- 5. Thomas Tryon's reformed stewardship Notes Originally published 2015 by Ashgate Pub Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Books and reading -- England -- 16th century Books and reading -- England -- 17th century English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism. Humility in literature. Literature and society -- England -- 16th century Literature and society -- England -- 17th century Self (Philosophy) in literature. Books and reading. English literature -- Early modern. Humility in literature. Literature and society. Self (Philosophy) in literature. England. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 1315603721 1317071166 9781315603728 9781317071167

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