Catechisms and Women's Writing in Seventeenth-Century England is a
study of early modern women's literary use of catechizing. Paula
McQuade examines original works composed by women - both in
manuscript and print, as well as women's copying and redacting of
catechisms - and construction of these materials from other
sources. By studying female catechists, McQuade shows how early
modern women used the power and authority granted to them as
mothers to teach religious doctrine, to demonstrate their
linguistic skills, to engage sympathetically with Catholic
devotional texts, and to comment on matters of contemporary
religious and political import - activities that many scholars have
considered the sole prerogative of clergymen. This book addresses
the question of women's literary production in early modern
England, demonstrating that reading and writing of catechisms were
crucial sites of women's literary engagements during this time.
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