Flesh and spirit : an anthology of seventeenth-century women's writing /
"This anthology makes accessible to readers ten little-known and under-studied works by seventeenth-century women (edited from manuscript and print) that explore the relationship between spiritual and physical health in the period. Providing a detailed and engaging introduction to the issues co...
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Manchester University Press,
2014
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Exemplary conversion narratives. Lady Mary Carey
- Elizabeth Major
- Gertrude More
- Part II. Advising on body and spirit. Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln
- Brilliana, Lady Harley
- 'Eliza'
- An anonymous gentlewoman
- Part III. Conversion and cure. Lady Elizabeth Delaval
- Katherine Sutton
- Hannah Allen
- note: dialogue between flesh and spirit
- Sin and childbirth
- Signs of the times
- Conversion and cure
- Advising on body and spirit: women's writing
- Note on the presentation of the texts
- pt. I Exemplary conversion narratives
- 1 Lady Mary Carey
- Meditations and poetry (1647--57)
- 2. Elizabeth Major
- Honey on the Rod: Or a Comfortable Contemplation for One in Affliction; with Sundry Poems on Several Subjects (1656)
- Sin and Mercy Briefly Discovered: Or, The Veil Taken a Little from Before Both (1656)
- 3. Gertrude More
- Holy Practises of a Devine Lover or the Sainctly Ideots Devotions (1657)
- Spiritual Exercises of the Most Vertuous and Religious D. Gertrude More of the Holy Order of S. Bennet and English Congregation of our Ladies of Comfort in Cambray (1658)
- pt. II Advising on body and spirit
- 4. Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln
- Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie (1622)
- 5. Brilliana, Lady Harley
- commonplace book of Brilliana Conway (1622)
- Letters (1625--43)
- 6. 'Eliza'
- Eliza's Babes: Or the Virgins-Offering (1652)
- 7. anonymous gentlewoman
- Conversion Exemplified; In the Instance of a Gracious Gentlewoman Now in Glory (1663)
- pt. III Conversion and cure
- 8. Lady Elizabeth Delaval
- Meditations and prayers (1663--71)
- 9. Katherine Sutton
- Christian Womans Experiences of the Glorious Working of Gods Free Grace (1663)
- 10. Hannah Allen
- Narrative of God's Gracious Dealings with that Choice Christian Mrs. Hannah Allen (1683).
- Part I Exemplary conversion narratives
- 1 Lady Mary Carey 37
- Meditations and poetry (1647-57) 42
- 2 Elizabeth Major 58
- Honey on the Rod: Or a Comfortable Contemplation for One in Affliction; with Sundry Poems on Several Subjects (1656) 61
- Sin and Mercy Briefly Discovered: Or, The Veil Taken a Little from Before Both (1656) 76
- 3 Gertrude More 81
- The Holy Practises of a Devine Lover or the Sainctly Ideots Devotions (1657) 84
- The Spiritual Exercises of the Most Vertuous and Religious D. Gertrude More of the Holy Order of S. Bennet and English Congregation of our Ladies of Comfort in Cambray (1658) 86
- Part II Advising on body and spirit
- 4 Elizabeth Clinton, Countess of Lincoln 105
- The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie (1622) 110
- 5 Brilliana, Lady Harley 122
- The commonplace book of Brilliana Conway (1622) 126
- Letters (1625-43) 129
- 6 'Eliza' 144
- Eliza's Babes: Or the Virgins-Offering (1652) 146
- 7 An anonymous gentlewoman 174
- Conversion Exemplified; In the Instance of a Gracious Gentlewoman Now in Glory (1663) 178
- Part III Conversion and cure
- 8 Lady Elizabeth Delaval 197
- Meditations and prayers (1663-71) 200
- 9 Katherine Sutton 218
- A Christian Womans Experiences of the Glorious Working of Gods Free Grace (1663) 221
- 10 Hannah Allen 236
- A Narrative of God's Gracious Dealings with that Choice Christian Mrs. Hannah Allen (1683) 240