Adcock / Unknown / Read Flesh and Spirit

An anthology of seventeenth-century women's writing
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-5261-1101-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten

Ten little-known and under-studied works by seventeenth-century women (edited from manuscript and print) that explore the relationship between spiritual and physical health in the period

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Adcock, Rachel

Read, Sara

Ziomek, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. The dialogue between flesh and spirit
2. Sin and childbirth
3. Signs of the times
4. Conversion and cure
5. Advising on body and spirit: women’s writing
6. Note on the presentation of the texts
7. Chronology
8. Conversion exemplified
9. Lady Mary Carey, meditations and poetry (1647–57)
10. Elizabeth Major, honey on the rod (1656)
11. Gertrude More, the holy practices of a divine lover and the spiritual exercises (1657)
12. Advising on body and spirit
13. Elizabeth Clinton, the countess of Lincoln’s nursery (1622)
14. Brilliana, Lady Harley, commonplace book (1622) and letters (1625–43)
15. 'Eliza', Eliza’s babes (1652)
16. Anonymous, conversion exemplified (1663)
17. Conversion and cure
18. Lady Elizabeth Delaval, meditations and prayers (1662–71)
19. Katherine Sutton, a christian woman’s experiences (1663)
20. Hannah Allen, a narrative of God’s gracious dealings (1683)
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Adcock Rachel:
Rachel Adcock is a Lecturer in English in the Department of English and Drama, Loughborough UniversityRead Sara:
Sara Read is a Lecturer in English in the Department of English and Drama, Loughborough UniversityZiomek Anna:
Anna Ziomek is University Teacher in the Department of English and Drama, Loughborough UniversityRachel Adcock, Sara Read and Anna Ziomek all teach in the School of Arts, English and Drama at Loughborough University