Beyond the cloister : Catholic Englishwomen and early modern literary culture /

Beyond the cloister : Catholic Englishwomen and early modern literary culture / Jenna Lay.

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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.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Lay, Jenna
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2016.
©20.
Subjects:
English literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
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 > England > History > 17th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 16th century.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Catholic women authors > England.
Catholic women authors.
English literature > Catholic authors.
English literature > Early modern.
English literature > Women authors.
Religion and literature.
Women and literature.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of 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.

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