The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558-1680
Johanna Harris
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Paperback. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing. Editor(s): Harris, Johanna I.; Scott-Baumann, Elizabeth. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 270 pages, 2 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 332.
This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing.
This collection of essays by leading scholars in the field reveals the major contribution of puritan women to the intellectual culture of the early modern period. It demonstrates that women's roles within puritan and broader communities encompassed translating and disseminating key texts, producing an impressive body of original writing.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern Literature in History
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137503671
SKU
V9781137503671
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99-15
About Johanna Harris
DANIELLE CLARKE Professor of English Renaissance Language and Literature, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland ELIZABETH CLARKE Reader in English, University of Warwick, UK RUTH CONNOLLY Research Associate in English Literature, Newcastle University, UK MARION O'CONNOR Senior Lecturer in English, University of Kent, UK JACQUELINE EALES Professor of Early Modern History, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK SUSAN FELCH Professor ... Read more
Reviews for The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women, 1558-1680
"The Intellectual Culture of Puritan Women provides fifteen fascinating vignettes of prominent female thinkers. The editors do not attempt an over-arching definition of a Puritan, but each individual chapter justifies its subject's claim to that title, building up a composite picture of a formidable godly femininity." David Hawkes, Times Literary Supplement "The end result is impressive: methodologically ... Read more