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Preacher-Poets: Sermons, Literature, and Gender in Early Modern England book cover

1st Edition

Preacher-Poets Sermons, Literature, and Gender in Early Modern England

By Chelsea McKelvey Copyright 2027
201 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Preacher-Poets demonstrates that early modern sermons had a larger impact on early modern literary texts and culture than previously assumed, analyzing the role of gender in theological and non-theological texts. This book argues that the sermon genre was a critical force in early modern culture by illuminating its role in shaping literary texts and examining the role of gender in order to... Read more

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Sermons and Performance

Chapter 1: The Maternal Body in Jonson’s Masques and Andrewes’s Sermons

Chapter 2: Preaching in the Playhouse in Shakespeare’s Comedies

Chapter 3: Poetic Preaching and Courtly Love in George Herbert’s The Temple

Part II: Sermons and Text

Chapter 4: Preachers in Dresses: Anne Walker’s Sermon and Performance in Manuscript

Chapter 5: Observing the Soul in Devotional Writings

Chapter 6: Plain Style Preaching and Gendered Souls

Chapter 7: Mary Rich’s Ministry in Seventeenth-Century Protestant England

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Chelsea McKelvey is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina. Her research focuses on early modern Protestantism, literature, and performance.

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