Biblical Women in Early Modern Literary Culture, 1550-1700 (Hardcover)

At once pervasive and marginal, appealing and repellent, exemplary and atypical, the women of the Bible provoke an assortment of readings across early modern literature. Biblical women in early modern literary culture, 1550-1700 draws attention to the complex ways in which biblical women's narratives could be reimagined for a variety of rhetorical and religious purposes. Considering a confessionally diverse range of writers, working across a variety of genres, this volume reveals how women from the Old and New Testaments exhibit an ideological power that frequently exceeds, both in scope and substance, their associated scriptural records. The essays explore how the Bible's women are fluidly negotiated and diversely redeployed to offer (conflicting) comment on issues including female authority, speech and sexuality, and in discussions of doctrine, confessional politics, exploration and grief. As it explores the rich ideological currency of the Bible's women in early modern culture, this volume demonstrates that the Bible's women are persistently difficult to evade. -- .

General

Imprint:	Manchester University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	Victoria Brownlee • Laura Gallagher
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	264
ISBN-13:	978-0-7190-9155-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Christianity Promotions
LSN:	0-7190-9155-1
Barcode:	9780719091551

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