Women and the Bible in early modern England : religious reading and writing / Femke Molekamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Molekamp, Femke.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Books and reading--England--History--16th century.

Women.

Women--Books and reading--England--History--17th century.

Devotional literature, English--Influence.

Devotional literature, English.

English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

Bible--Influence.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title provides an account of the uniquely important role of the Bible in the development of female interpretative and literary agency, as well as in the expression of female subjectivity in early modern England.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note to the Reader; Introduction: The Vernacular Bible and Early Modern Englishwomen: Shifting Possibilities; 1. The Geneva Bible in the Household; 2. Early Modern Englishwomen and Modes of Bible-Reading; 3. Female Religious Community: Reading and Writing; 4. Women and Affective Religious Reading and Writing; 5. The Sidney-Herbert Psalms and the Countess of Pembroke as a Reader of the Geneva Bible; 6. Regarding the Passion: Aemilia Lanyer, Constance Aston Fowler, and Elizabeth Delaval

Epilogue: The Female Bible-Reader: 'no longer a consumer but a producer of texts'Appendices; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 10, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-164329-7

1-299-47441-1

OCLC:

922971669