Bible readers and lay writers in early modern England : gender and self-definition in an emergent writing culture / / Kate Narveson

• Autore: Narveson Kate
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Routledge, , 2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 274.2/06
• Soggetto topico: Spiritual journals - Authorship
• Soggetto geografico: England Church history 16th century; England Church history 17th century
• Note generali: First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Bible readers and lay writers in early modern England
• ISBN: 1-4094-8363-0; 1-317-17443-7; 1-315-56930-2; 1-317-17442-9; 1-4094-4168-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814245003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Material readings in early modern culture.