Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England

Tales of Turning

Abigail Shinn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XI, 255 Seiten

2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-96576-5 (ISBN)

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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.

Abigail Shinn is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature and Culture at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK.

Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Convert and the Book.- Chapter Two: Crafting the Convert.- Chapter 3: Narrative Topographies and the Geographies of Conversion.- Chapter 4: Corporeal Rhetoric: Perception and Proof in the Conversion Narrative.- Bibliography.

"Shinn's Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England: Tales of Turning will be of interest to scholars of religious conversion, early modern rhetoric, and sacred travels." (Danielle Sottosanti, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, February 10, 2021)

Erscheinungsdatum	19.10.2018
Reihe/Serie	Early Modern Literature in History
Zusatzinfo	XI, 255 p.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	478 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	British and Irish Literature • Catholic • Christianity • Protestant • Religion • Soul
ISBN-10	3-319-96576-X / 331996576X
ISBN-13	978-3-319-96576-5 / 9783319965765
Zustand	Neuware