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Beyond the Cloister : Catholic Englishwomen and Early Modern Literary Culture / Jenna Lay.
De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2016 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lay, Jenna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Catholic authors--History and criticism.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Religion and literature--England--History--16th century.
- Religion and literature.
- Religion and literature--England--History--17th century.
- Women and literature--England--History--16th century.
- Women and literature.
- Women and literature--England--History--17th century.
- Catholic women authors--England.
- Catholic women authors.
- England.
- Genre:
- Theses et ecrits academiques.
- Academic theses.
- History
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- dissertations.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Beyond the Cloister reveals the literary significance of manuscripts and printed books written by and about post-Reformation Catholic Englishwomen, offering a reassessment of crucial decades in the development of English literary history.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Note on Spelling and Punctuation; Introduction. Gender, Religion, and English Literary History; Chapter 1. Fractured Discourse: Recusant Women and Forms of Virginity; Chapter 2. To the Nunnery: Enclosure and Polemic in the English Convents in Exile; Chapter 3. A Game of Her Own: The Reformation of Obedience; Chapter 4. Cloisters and Country Houses: Women's Literary Communities; Epilogue. Failures of Literary History; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780812293029
- 0812293029
- OCLC:
- 953602309
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