Religion, reform, and women's writing in early modern England /
Coles, Kimberly Anne, 1966-
Religion, reform, and women's writing in early modern England / Kimberly Anne Coles. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-242) and index.
Introduction: making sects: women as reformers, writers, and subjects in reformation England -- The death of the author (and the appropriation of her text): the case of Anne Askew's Examinations -- Representing the faith of a nation: transitional spirituality in the works of Katherine Parr -- [A] pen to paynt': Mary Sidney Herbert and the problems of a Protestant poetics -- A new Jerusalem: Anne Lok's Meditation and the lyric voice -- A womans writing of diuinest things: Aemilia Lanyer's passion for a professional poetic vocation.
Long considered marginal in early modern culture, women writers were actually central to the development of a Protestant literary tradition in England. Kimberly Anne Coles explores their contribution to this tradition through thorough archival research in publication history and book circulation; the interaction of women's texts with those written by men; and the traceable influence of women's writing upon other contemporary literary works. Focusing primarily upon Katherine Parr, Anne Askew, Mary Sidney Herbert, and Anne Vaughan Lok, Coles argues that the writings of these women were among the most popular and influential works of sixteenth-century England. This book is full of prevalent material and fresh analysis for scholars of early modern literature, culture and religious history.
9780511394577 (electronic bk.) 0511394578 (electronic bk.) 052188067X (Cloth) 9780521880671 (Cloth) 051139392X (electronic bk.) 9780511393921 (electronic bk.) 9780511483530 (ebook) 0511483538 9780521130127 (paperback) 0521130123
1500-1700
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Religion and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Religion in literature.
Reformation in literature.
Écrits de femmes anglais--Histoire et critique.
Religion et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Femmes et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
Réforme (Christianisme) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Women Authors.
English literature--Early modern.
English literature--Women authors.
Reformation in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion in literature.
Women and literature.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR113 / .C63 2008eb
809/.89287
Religion, reform, and women's writing in early modern England / Kimberly Anne Coles. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. - 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-242) and index.
Introduction: making sects: women as reformers, writers, and subjects in reformation England -- The death of the author (and the appropriation of her text): the case of Anne Askew's Examinations -- Representing the faith of a nation: transitional spirituality in the works of Katherine Parr -- [A] pen to paynt': Mary Sidney Herbert and the problems of a Protestant poetics -- A new Jerusalem: Anne Lok's Meditation and the lyric voice -- A womans writing of diuinest things: Aemilia Lanyer's passion for a professional poetic vocation.
Long considered marginal in early modern culture, women writers were actually central to the development of a Protestant literary tradition in England. Kimberly Anne Coles explores their contribution to this tradition through thorough archival research in publication history and book circulation; the interaction of women's texts with those written by men; and the traceable influence of women's writing upon other contemporary literary works. Focusing primarily upon Katherine Parr, Anne Askew, Mary Sidney Herbert, and Anne Vaughan Lok, Coles argues that the writings of these women were among the most popular and influential works of sixteenth-century England. This book is full of prevalent material and fresh analysis for scholars of early modern literature, culture and religious history.
9780511394577 (electronic bk.) 0511394578 (electronic bk.) 052188067X (Cloth) 9780521880671 (Cloth) 051139392X (electronic bk.) 9780511393921 (electronic bk.) 9780511483530 (ebook) 0511483538 9780521130127 (paperback) 0521130123
1500-1700
English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Religion and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Women and literature--History--Great Britain--16th century.
Religion in literature.
Reformation in literature.
Écrits de femmes anglais--Histoire et critique.
Religion et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Femmes et littérature--Histoire--Grande-Bretagne--16e siècle.
Religion dans la littérature.
Réforme (Christianisme) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Women Authors.
English literature--Early modern.
English literature--Women authors.
Reformation in literature.
Religion and literature.
Religion in literature.
Women and literature.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
PR113 / .C63 2008eb
809/.89287