Witness, warning, and prophecy : Quaker women's writing, 1655-1700 / edited by Teresa Feroli and Margaret Olofson Thickstun.

Contributor Feroli, Teresa, editor.

ImprintToronto, Ontario : Iter Press ; Tempe, Arizona : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2018.

Descriptionxxii, 413 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Note:Part I. Prophecy -- Proclaiming the Inner Light -- Directives to Political and Religious Authorities -- Warnings -- Sufferings -- Part II. Late seventeenth-century quietism and organization -- Reason and Reflection -- Womens Meetings.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-402) and index.

Note:"The forty texts collected in this volume offer a small but representative sample of Quaker womens tremendous literary output between 1655 and 1700. They include examples of key Quaker literary genresproclamations, directives, warnings, sufferings, testimonies, polemic, pleas for tolerationand showcase a range of literary styles and voices, from eloquent poetry to legal analyses of English canon and civil law. In their varied responses to the core Quaker belief in the indwelling Spirit, these women left a rich literary legacy of an early countercultural movement." --Back cover.

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