Women’s Prophetic Writings in Seventeenth-Century Britain.
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Date
2018
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Texas A&M University
Abstract
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