Women’s Prophetic Writings in Seventeenth-Century Britain.

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2018

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Texas A&M University

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Carme Font’s new book on seventeenth-century female prophets demonstrates how women were able to use prophetic writings as a catalyst for change, both personal and political. She examines prophecy as a literary genre of social transformation that empowered women, making them activists.

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English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--Periodicals Seventeenth century--Periodicals, Women’s Prophetic Writings in Seventeenth-Century Britain., Font, Carme

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