The emergence of Quaker writing : dissenting literature in seventeenth-century England / edited by Thomas N. Corns and David Loewenstein.
Among the radical sects which flourished during the tumultuous years of the English Revolution, the early Quakers were particularly aware of the power of the written word to promote their prophetic visions?and unorthodox beliefs.This collection of new essays by literary scholars and historians looks...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2017.
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| Summary: | Among the radical sects which flourished during the tumultuous years of the English Revolution, the early Quakers were particularly aware of the power of the written word to promote their prophetic visions?and unorthodox beliefs.This collection of new essays by literary scholars and historians looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages ) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781315866437 1315866439 9781317960690 1317960696 9781317960676 131796067X 9781317960683 1317960688 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 21, 2018) |