Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England Tales of Turning /

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...

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Main Author: Shinn, Abigail (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Early Modern Literature in History
Subjects:
Literature, Modern.
British literature.
Theater-History.
Christianity.
ISBN:9783319965772
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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