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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

New Kingdoms of Womanhood

By: Alexandra Verini

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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

New Kingdoms of Womanhood

By: Alexandra Verini

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700: New Kingdoms of Womanhood uncovers a tradition of women’s utopianism that extends back to medieval women’s monasticism, overturning accounts of utopia that trace its origins solely to Thomas More. As enclosed spaces in which women wielded authority that was unavailable to them in the outside world, medieval and early modern convents were self-consciously engaged in reworking pre-existing cultural heritage to project desired proto-feminist futures. The utopianism developed within the English convent percolated outwards to unenclosed women's spiritual communities such as Mary Ward's Institute of the Blessed Virgin and the Ferrar family at Little Gidding. Convent-based utopianism further acted as an unrecognized influence on the first English women’s literary utopias by authors such as Margaret Cavendish and Mary Astell. Collectively, these female communities forged a mode of utopia that drew on the past to imagine new possibilities for themselves as well as for their larger religious and political communities. Tracking utopianism from the convent to the literary page over a period of 300 years, New Kingdoms writes a new history of medieval and early modern women’s intellectual work and expands the concept of utopia itself.

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Springer Nature

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3031009177

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The Dramatic Moment of Fate

The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre

By: Alexandra Kitty

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The Dramatic Moment of Fate

The Life of Sherlock Holmes in the Theatre

By: Alexandra Kitty

Sherlock Holmes has been a beloved character from his first story, and his mystique endures to the modern age in print, on screen - but he has had a long life in the theatre as well. Where did it begin? What are the themes, stories, and characterizations that make his stage presence unique and just as enduring? Follow his trail on the stage as author Alexandra Kitty curates his fascinating theatrical world throughout the decades: from unlikely Off-Broadway musicals to lauded slapstick comedies, to more traditional and gripping portrayals of his iconic stories and new incarnations. How does the world's greatest detective fare in the theatre? The results are always shocking, but never disappointing.

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Andrews UK Limited

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1787055868

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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

New Kingdoms of Womanhood

By: Alexandra Verini

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New Kingdoms of Womanhood

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English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

The Dramatic Moment of Fate

The Dramatic Moment of Fate

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

English Women’s Spiritual Utopias, 1400-1700

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