| Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England: Tales of Turning Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Shinn, Abigail (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030072169 ISBN-13: 9783030072162 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Modern - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Performing Arts | Theater - History & Criticism |
| Dewey: 230 |
| Series: Early Modern Literature in History |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.71 lbs) 255 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Modern - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |