Writing habits : historicism, philosophy, and English Benedictine convents, 1600-1800 / Jaime Goodrich.
Series: Strode studies in early modern literature and cultureDescription: xi, 222 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9780817321031; 0817321039Subject(s): Buber, Martin, 1878-1965. Ich und du | Benedictine nuns -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 17th century | Benedictine nuns -- Europe -- Intellectual life -- 18th century | Catholic literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism | Women authors, English -- Religious life -- Europe -- History | Presentism (Literary analysis) | HistoricismDDC classification: 271/.91 LOC classification: BX 4277 .E5 | G66 2021
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Summary: "An in-depth examination of a significant, but marginalized, body of literature: the texts produced in English Benedictine convents on the Continent between 1600 and 1800"--
Introduction. Buber and the Benedictines -- Cloistered Gemeinschaft : administrative writing and communal formation -- Religious communion : spiritual texts and liturgical rites -- Monastic imagined communities : histories, life writing, and the divine call -- From the convent to the counterpublic : controversial works and rival spiritual communities -- Afterword. Thinking with the dead : notes toward a feminist philosophical turn.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction. Buber and the Benedictines -- Cloistered Gemeinschaft : administrative writing and communal formation -- Religious communion : spiritual texts and liturgical rites -- Monastic imagined communities : histories, life writing, and the divine call -- From the convent to the counterpublic : controversial works and rival spiritual communities -- Afterword. Thinking with the dead : notes toward a feminist philosophical turn.
"An in-depth examination of a significant, but marginalized, body of literature: the texts produced in English Benedictine convents on the Continent between 1600 and 1800"--