Personal Disclosures: An Anthology of Self-Writings from the Seventeenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780754601210 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 472 str.

David Booy

Opis

This collection of self-writings from the 17th century covers a wide variety of subjects including marriage, parenting and family conflicts, slavery, torture, madness, childbirth, religious experience, international travel and trading, illness and death.

Recenzje

'... useful and illuminating providing an accessible source of varied texts for learning to read early modern self-writings.' Quaker Studies

Spis treści

Contents: Editorial note; section 1: Marriage: Introduction; Maria Thynne: letters to her husband; Grace Mildmay: meditation on her husband’s corpse; Simonds D’Ewes: marriage negotiations; Adam, John and Margaret Winthrop: family letters: Martha Moulsworth: a widow’s reflections on her three marriages; Archibald Johnston: his marriage and the death of his wife; Nicholas Ferrar: letters to his sister-in-law and his brother; Ann Fanshawe: being put in her place by her husband; Oliver Heywood: his marriage and the death of his wife; Anthony Walker: his wife’s daily routine; Alice Hays: an altercation with her husband and his family; Elizabeth Freak: reflections on an unsatisfactory husband; Section 2: Parents and children: Introduction; Maria Thynne: letter to her mother-in-law; Thomas Shepard: memories of a difficult childhood; Katherine Paston: letters to her son at university; Henry and James Oxinden: letters between brothers; Catherine Holland: battles with her father over matters of faith; Archibald Johnston: problems in the household; Katherine Philips: the death of her baby son; Roger North: his upbringing; John and Ann Ferrar: conflict between father- and daughter-in-law; Agnes Beaumont: conflict with her father over matters of faith; Cotton Mather: on his children; Section 3: Beyond the family: Introduction; Nehemiah Wallington: on money matters; John Dane: leaving home; Constantia Fowler: on her prospective sister-in-law; Adam Martindale: experiences in the civil wars; Anne Halkett: her relationship with Thomas Howard; Francis Kirkman: difficulties as an apprentice; Dorothy Osborne: ending her engagement; Elizabeth Delaval: her relationship with Mistress Carter; Roger Lowe: love and friendship; Isaac Archer: early experiences as a clergyman; Edward Barlow: returning to his native village; Section 4: States of body, states of mind: Introduction; Richard Kilby: his chronic illness; William Lithgow: being tortured by the Spanish Inquisition; Francis Knig

O autorze

David Booy