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Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England - The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England - The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
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A fascinating case study of the complex psychic relationship
between religion and madness in early seventeenth-century England,
the narrative presented here is a rare, detailed autobiographical
account of one woman's experience of mental disorder. The writer,
Dionys Fitzherbert, recounts the course of her affliction and
recovery and describes various delusions and confusions, concerned
with (among other things) her family and her place within it; her
relation to religion; and the status of the body, death and
immortality. Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England
presents in modern typography an annotated edition of the author's
manuscript of this unusual and compelling text. Also included are
prefaces to the narrative written by Fitzherbert and others, and
letters written shortly after her mental crisis, which develop her
account of the episode. The edition will also give a modernized
version of the original text. Katharine Hodgkin supplies a
substantial introduction that places this autobiography in the
context of current scholarship on early modern women, addressing
the overarching issues in the field that this text touches upon. In
an appendix to the volume, Hodgkin compares the two versions of the
text, considering the grounds for the occasional exclusion or
substitution of specific words or passages. Women, Madness and Sin
in Early Modern England adds an important new dimension to the
field of early modern women studies.
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