Witness, Warning, and Prophecy Quaker Women's Writing, 1655-1700 |
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| Editor:
| Feroli, Teresa
Thickstun, Margaret Olofson |
| Series title: | The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: the Toronto Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-86698-584-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2018 |
| Publisher: | Iter Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $99.95 |
Book Description:
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The forty texts collected in this volume offer a small but representative sample of Quaker women's tremendous literary output between 1655 and 1700. They include examples of key Quaker literary genres -- proclamations, directives, warnings, sufferings, testimonies, polemic, pleas for toleration -- and showcase a range of literary styles and voices, from eloquent poetry to legal analyses of English canon and civil law. In their varied responses to the core Quaker belief in the...
More DescriptionThe forty texts collected in this volume offer a small but representative sample of Quaker women's tremendous literary output between 1655 and 1700. They include examples of key Quaker literary genres -- proclamations, directives, warnings, sufferings, testimonies, polemic, pleas for toleration -- and showcase a range of literary styles and voices, from eloquent poetry to legal analyses of English canon and civil law. In their varied responses to the core Quaker belief in the indwelling Spirit, these women left a rich literary legacy of an early countercultural movement.
The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe - The Toronto Series: Volume 60