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UNINA9910791704203321 |
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Autore |
Narveson Kate |
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Titolo |
Bible readers and lay writers in early modern England : gender and self-definition in an emergent writing culture / / Kate Narveson |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
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ISBN |
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1-4094-8363-0 |
1-317-17443-7 |
1-315-56930-2 |
1-317-17442-9 |
1-4094-4168-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Collana |
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Material Readings in Early Modern Culture |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Spiritual journals - Authorship |
England Church history 16th century |
England Church history 17th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Reading the Bible: clerical prescriptions and lay reading practices -- The emergence of lay composition -- Application to the self : reading and the restructuring of identity -- Recording identity: scripturalist devotion among ordinary layfolk -- Discursive horizons and the question of gender -- The devotional page and the schoolroom of print -- Grace Mildmay's meditations: love letters from God and their Scriptural authorization. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Analysing print and manuscript sources from 1580 to 1660, this volume studies how lay immersion in the Bible gave rise to a non-professional writing culture. Narveson examines the development of that culture, looking at the close connection between reading and writing practices, the influence of gender and the emergence of writing as a key practice of lay devotion. She also explores the attendant clerical anxiety, as layfolk assumed control of their spiritual self-definition. |
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