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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Genelle Gertz (Professor, Washington and Lee University, Virginia)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.00cm Weight: 0.400kg ISBN: 9781107507593ISBN 10: 1107507596 Pages: 270 Publication Date: 05 March 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: articulating women; 1. 'Belief papers and the literary genres of heresy trial'; 2. 'Confessing Margery Kempe, 1413–38'; 3. 'Recanting and rewriting Anne Askew, 1540–6'; 4. 'Sanctifying ploughmans' daughters and butchers' wives: the interrogations of Alice Driver, Elizabeth Young, Agnes Prest and Margaret Clitherow, 1555–86'; 5. 'Exporting inquisition: Katherine Evans and Sarah Cheevers at Malta, 1659–63'; Conclusion: visionaries, non-conformists and the history of women's trial writing.Reviews'Gertz beautifully illuminates the literary qualities of Askew's writing ... Heresy Trials and English Women Writers, 1400-1670 is a stimulating and interesting book.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance 'Heresy Trials and English Women Writers, 1400-1670 is a compelling account of heresy trials, and a valuable addition to current scholarship on trial narratives, the history of women's preaching, women's autobiographical writing and biographical writings of women.' Nora King, The History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland 'A learned, crisply written book ... Gertz offers a nuanced map of how belief and resistance helped to generate writing.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Gertz's book succeeds in its stated goal: to recover a history of women's preaching before the seventeenth century. More importantly, perhaps, she also makes an argument for reading women's preaching and religious writing cross-confessionallyand comparatively.' Courtney E. Rydel, Recusant History 'Gertz beautifully illuminates the literary qualities of Askew's writing ... Heresy Trials and English Women Writers, 1400-1670 is a stimulating and interesting book.' Journal of the Northern Renaissance 'Heresy Trials and English Women Writers, 1400-1670 is a compelling account of heresy trials, and a valuable addition to current scholarship on trial narratives, the history of women's preaching, women's autobiographical writing and biographical writings of women.' The History of Women Religious of Britain and Ireland 'A learned, crisply written book ... Gertz offers a nuanced map of how belief and resistance helped to generate writing.' Renaissance Quarterly Author InformationGenelle Gertz is Associate Professor of English at Washington and Lee University, Virginia and teaches courses on medieval and early modern literature. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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