Women's Life Writing in Early Modern Scotland: Writing the Evangelical Self, C. 1670-c. 1730David George Mullan This edition presents writings by early modern Scottish women about women-namely themselves. From about 1660, Scottish women began to express themselves, sometimes extensively, in religious prose. Here David Mullan showcases selections of these women's writings from c.1670 until c. 1725, by which time the remarkable self-writing impetus provided by the later covenanting experience began to abate.Much of the material is in the form of journals, some narrowly focused on the inner self, some rather more aware of the external world, some from aristocratic women and some from women in lower social stations. There are also a couple of autobiographies, and within several of the documents will be found women's personal covenants with God.Mullan includes an introductory essay, as well as glossaries to define the evangelical usage of important terms and Scotticisms, introductory comments for each individual document, and annotations to identify obscure words, individuals named in the texts, biblical references, and other points of interest.This volume marks a major step forward in establishing the canon of early modern British women's writing. |
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... hear him preach rather than any of the episcopal persuasion I had ever heard , yet it would give offence to several I loved if I would not go sometimes to the church . On this consideration , I resolved to go sometimes to the church ...
... hear him preach rather than any of the episcopal persuasion I had ever heard , yet it would give offence to several I loved if I would not go sometimes to the church . On this consideration , I resolved to go sometimes to the church ...
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... hear him , and there was no motion moving me but the fear of men and to please man . My conscience bearing witness to this truth , that it was better to offend man rather than God , I stayed at home on the Lord's day , for which I ...
... hear him , and there was no motion moving me but the fear of men and to please man . My conscience bearing witness to this truth , that it was better to offend man rather than God , I stayed at home on the Lord's day , for which I ...
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... hear the persecuted ministers about Edinburgh and the Good - trees , the Lord inclined my heart to go with them , and I went with them where I did hear Mr Welch , Mr Donald Cargill , and several others , where the Lord blessed their ...
... hear the persecuted ministers about Edinburgh and the Good - trees , the Lord inclined my heart to go with them , and I went with them where I did hear Mr Welch , Mr Donald Cargill , and several others , where the Lord blessed their ...
Contents
Editorial Practice | 23 |
Memoirs or Spiritual Exercises | 39 |
Some short Remembrances of the Lords Kindness to | 95 |
Copyright | |
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