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Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650–1700

By: Catie Gill

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Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650–1700

By: Catie Gill

Focussing on Quaker pamphlet literature of the commonwealth and restoration period, Catie Gill seeks to explore and explain women’s presence as activists, writers, and subjects within the early Quaker movement. Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community draws on contemporary resources such as prophetic writing, prison narratives, petitions, and deathbed testimonies to produce an account of women’s involvement in the shaping of this religious movement. The book reveals that, far from being of marginal importance, women were able to exploit the terms in which Quaker identity was constructed to create roles for themselves, in public and in print, that emphasised their engagement with Friends’ religious and political agenda. Gill’s evidence suggests that women were able to mobilise contemporary notions of femininity when pursuing active roles as prophets, martyrs, mothers, and political activists. The book’s focus on collective, Quaker identities, which arises from its analysis of multiple-authored texts, is key to its claims that gender issues have to be considered when analysing the sect’s emergent system of values, and Gill assesses the representation of women in male-authored texts in addition to female writers’ attitudes to agency. A bibliography that, for the first time, lists men and women’s involvement as contributors as well as authors to Quaker pamphlets provides a valuable resource for scholars of seventeenth-century radicalism.

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Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650–1700

By: Catie Gill

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A Literary Study of Political Identities, 1650–1700

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Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737

From Leviathan to Licensing Act

By: Dr Catie Gill

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Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737

From Leviathan to Licensing Act

By: Dr Catie Gill

Framed by the publication of Leviathan and the 1713 Licensing Act, this collection provides analysis of both canonical and non-canonical texts within the scope of an eighty-year period of theatre history, allowing for definition and assessment that uncouples Restoration drama from eighteenth-century drama. Individual essays demonstrate the significant contrasts between the theatre of different decades and the context of performance, paying special attention to the literary innovation and socio-political changes that contributed to the evolution of drama. Exploring the developments in both tragedy and comedy, and in literary production, specific topics include the playwright's relationship to the monarch, women writers' connection to the audience, the changing market for plays, and the rise of the bourgeoisie. This collection also examines aspects of gender and class through the exploration of women's impact on performance and production, masculinity and libertinism, master/servant relationships, and dramatic representations of the coffee house. Accompanied by a list of Spanish-English plays and a chronology of monarch's reigns and significant changes in theatre history, From Leviathan to Licensing Act is a valuable tool for scholars of Restoration and eighteenth-century performance, providing groundwork for future research and investigation.

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1409476243

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Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

Women in the Seventeenth-Century Quaker Community

Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737

Theatre and Culture in Early Modern England, 1650-1737

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