Jennifer N. Brown

Fruit of the Orchard

Reading Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England

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Produktbeschreibung

In Fruit of the Orchard, Jennifer N. Brown builds upon academic discourse about medieval readers, trans-Reformation studies, and Catherine of Siena to reveal insights into the changing devotional reading appetites and practices of the period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 676g
• ISBN-13: 9781487504076
• ISBN-10: 1487504071
• Artikelnr.: 51521187

Autorenporträt

Jennifer N. Brown is an associate professor and chair of English and World Literatures at Marymount Manhattan College.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Finding Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern
England 
1. Compiling Catherine: The Visionary Woman, Stephen Maconi, and the
Carthusian Audience
2. William Flete, English Spirituality, and Catherine of Siena 
3. Catherine Excerpted: Reading the Miscellany  
4. The Orcherd of Syon: How to Read in the Convent
5. Catherine in Print: Lay Audiences and Reading Hagiography 
Conclusion - Reforming Reading: Catherine of Siena in an Age of Reform
Appendix A: Literary Ancestry Chart
Appendix B: Catherine Texts in England
Notes
Bibliography
Index