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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
ISBN-100802046940
ISBN-139780802046949
eBay Product ID (ePID)2698551
Product Key Features
Number of Pages277 Pages
Publication NameMothers Legacy to Her Vnborn Childe
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWomen Authors, Christianity / Protestant, Europe / Renaissance, General
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Religion, Self-Help, History
AuthorElizabeth Joselin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight16.9 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-708600
Dewey Edition21
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal248.82
SynopsisA facing-page edition of a seventeenth-century mother's advice book, giving insights both into female Protestant religious devotion, authorship and spirituality, and into how women's words were altered in the transmission by male editors., The mother's advice book represents a distinctly female literary genre appearing in seventeenth-century England. According to the conventions of this form, a mother leaves written instructions, of a predominantly spiritual nature, as a legacy to her children. The Mothers Legacy, written by Elizabeth Joscelin, is particularly significant for its documentation of ideas about women's education, authorship, and spirituality. With her writing, the author inscribes a distinctly female Protestant perspective. Moreover, as a highly self-conscious text, sophisticated in its use of rhetoric and passionately eloquent, The Mothers Legacy is an important example of Renaissance devotional writing. This popular book was reprinted seven times in the eleven years following its first appearance in 1624 and its appeal endured through to the end of the nineteenth century. The text is presented as a parallel edition of the original holograph and facing printed version. This comparative format allows for a discussion of the transmission and alteration of the original manuscript and provides a unique insight into the changes made by a male editor to a text written by a woman. The edition also includes an appendix of nineteenth-century introductions to the work, and an extensive bibliography.
LC Classification NumberBV4571.2.J67 2000
