The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works : Printed Writings, 1500-1640 : Anne Wheathill (009) - Couverture rigide

Cullen, Patrick

 
9781859281000: The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works : Printed Writings, 1500-1640 : Anne Wheathill (009)
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ISBN 10 : 1859281001 ISBN 13 : 9781859281000
Editeur : Scolar Press, 1996

Synopsis

The only reliable clues available about Anne Wheathill's life are those contained in her work, published in 1584. She describes herself as a gentlewoman, unmarried and a Protestant. She also refers to herself as poor and it has been suggested that she was one of a handful of women in Elizabeth I's reign who attempted to earn money by writing. A handfull of holesome (though homelie) hearbs is an example of the English Reformer's efforts to revise the Roman Catholic primers and Books of Hours to satisfy the private devotional needs of a Protestant middle class. Although Anne Wheathill apologises for her inexperience and lack of learned counsel, her text requires no apology for reprinting in this facsimile edition. It is the work of someone who has mastered the cadence of the best English religious prose of her age.

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À propos de l?auteur

Selected and Introduced by Patrick Cullen

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Éditeur
Scolar Press
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1859281001
ISBN 13 
9781859281000
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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