Conversion narratives in early modern England : tales of turning / Abigail Shinn.
2018
PR408.C47 S55 2018
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Title
Conversion narratives in early modern England : tales of turning / Abigail Shinn.
Author
Shinn, Abigail, author.
ISBN
3319965778 (electronic book)
9783319965772 (electronic book)
9783319965765
331996576X
9783319965772 (electronic book)
9783319965765
331996576X
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright
©2018
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (262 pages)
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PR408.C47 S55 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.9382482/40903
Summary
This book is a study of English conversion narratives between 1580 and 1660. Focusing on the formal, stylistic properties of these texts, it argues that there is a direct correspondence between the spiritual and rhetorical turn. Furthermore, by focusing on a comparatively early period in the history of the conversion narrative the book charts for the first time writers' experimentation and engagement with rhetorical theory before the genre's relative stabilization in the 1650s. A cross confessional study analyzing work by both Protestant and Catholic writers, this book explores conversion's relationship with reading; the links between conversion, eloquence, translation and trope; the conflation of spiritual movement with literal travel; and the use of the body as a site for spiritual knowledge and proof.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 06, 2018).
Series
Early modern literature in history (Palgrave (Firm))
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Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England : Tales of Turning.
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