Personal disclosures : an anthology of self-writings from the seventeenth century /: an anthology of self-writings from the seventeenth century. (2017)
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- Title:
- Personal disclosures : an anthology of self-writings from the seventeenth century /: an anthology of self-writings from the seventeenth century. (2017)
- Main Title:
- Personal disclosures : an anthology of self-writings from the seventeenth century
- Further Information:
- Note: David Booy.
- Other Names:
- Booy, David
- Contents:
- Sect. 1. Marriage -- 1. Maria Thynne: Letters to her Husband -- 2. Grace Mildmay: Meditation on her Husband's Corpse -- 3. Simonds D'Ewes: Marriage Negotiations -- 4. Adam, John and Margaret Winthrop: Family Letters -- 5. Martha Moulsworth: A Widow's Reflection on her Three Marriages -- 6. Archibald Johnston: His Marriage and the Death of his Wife -- 7. Nicholas Ferrar: Letters to his Sister-in-Law and His Brother -- 8. Ann Fanshawe: Being put in her Place by her Husband -- 9. Oliver Heywood: His Marriage and the Death of his Wife -- 10. Anthony Walker: His Wife's Daily Routine -- 11. Alice Hayes: An Altercation with her Husband and his Family -- 12. Elizabeth Freke: Reflections on an Unsatisfactory Husband -- Sect. 2. Parents and Children -- 1. Maria Thynne: Letters to her Mother-in-Law -- 2. Thomas Shepard: Memories of a Difficult Childhood -- 3. Katherine Paston: Letters to her Son at University -- 4. Henry and James Oxinden: Letters Between Brothers -- 5. Catherine Holland: Battles with her Father over Matters of Faith -- 6. Archibald Johnston: Problems in the Household -- 7. Katherine Philips: The Death of her Baby Son -- 8. Roger North: His Upbringing -- 9. John and Ann Ferrar: Conflict Between a Father and Daughter-in-Law -- 10. Agnes Beaumont: Conflict with her Father over Matters of Faith -- 11. Cotton Mather: On his Children -- Sect. 3. Beyond the Family -- 1. Nehemiah Wallington: On Money Matters -- 2. John Dane: Leaving Home -- 3. Constantia Fowler: On herSect. 1. Marriage -- 1. Maria Thynne: Letters to her Husband -- 2. Grace Mildmay: Meditation on her Husband's Corpse -- 3. Simonds D'Ewes: Marriage Negotiations -- 4. Adam, John and Margaret Winthrop: Family Letters -- 5. Martha Moulsworth: A Widow's Reflection on her Three Marriages -- 6. Archibald Johnston: His Marriage and the Death of his Wife -- 7. Nicholas Ferrar: Letters to his Sister-in-Law and His Brother -- 8. Ann Fanshawe: Being put in her Place by her Husband -- 9. Oliver Heywood: His Marriage and the Death of his Wife -- 10. Anthony Walker: His Wife's Daily Routine -- 11. Alice Hayes: An Altercation with her Husband and his Family -- 12. Elizabeth Freke: Reflections on an Unsatisfactory Husband -- Sect. 2. Parents and Children -- 1. Maria Thynne: Letters to her Mother-in-Law -- 2. Thomas Shepard: Memories of a Difficult Childhood -- 3. Katherine Paston: Letters to her Son at University -- 4. Henry and James Oxinden: Letters Between Brothers -- 5. Catherine Holland: Battles with her Father over Matters of Faith -- 6. Archibald Johnston: Problems in the Household -- 7. Katherine Philips: The Death of her Baby Son -- 8. Roger North: His Upbringing -- 9. John and Ann Ferrar: Conflict Between a Father and Daughter-in-Law -- 10. Agnes Beaumont: Conflict with her Father over Matters of Faith -- 11. Cotton Mather: On his Children -- Sect. 3. Beyond the Family -- 1. Nehemiah Wallington: On Money Matters -- 2. John Dane: Leaving Home -- 3. Constantia Fowler: On her Prospective Sister-in-Law -- 4. Adam Martindale: Experiences in the Civil Wars -- 5. Anne Halkett: Her Relationship with Thomas Howard -- 6. Francis Kirkman: Difficulties as an Apprentice -- 7. Dorothy Osborne: Ending the Engagement -- 8. Elizabeth Delaval: Her Relationship with Mistress Carter -- 9. Roger Lowe: Love and Friendship -- 10. Isaac Archer: Early Experiences as a Clergyman -- 11. Edward Barlow: Returning to his Native Village -- Sect. 4. States of Body, States of Mind -- 1. Richard Kilby: His Chronic Illness -- 2. William Lithgow: Being Tortured by the Spanish Inquisition -- 3. Francis Knight: On Being a Galley Slave -- 4. Robert Boyle: Childhood Illness and Intellectual Development -- 5. Margaret Cavendish: Reflections on her Character and Personality -- 6. Anne Halkett: Experiences During a Time of War -- 7. Pierre Radisson: Captivity Among the Iroquois -- 8. Michael Wigglesworth: Anxieties About his Sexual Health -- 9. George Wheler: Development from Childhood to Early Manhood -- 10. Catherine Holland: Her Troubled State of Mind -- 11. Alice Thornton: Experience of Childbirth -- 12. Mary Rich: Her Illness and the Death of her Adult Son -- 13. Catherine Burton: Motivations for Writing, and Protracted Illness -- Sect. 5. Rellgious Experience -- 1. Dionys Fitzherbert: Mental Breakdown and Recovery -- 2. Arise Evans: Called by God to be a Prophet -- 3. Lucy Knathbull: Experiences and Resolutions of a Nun -- 4. Thomas Shepard: Spiritual Turmoil as a Young Man -- 5. John Rogers: Spiritual Turmoil as a Child and Young Man -- 6. Henry Burton: His Trial, Punishment and Imprisonment -- 7. Laurence Clarkson and Frances Marchant: Under Cross-Examination -- 8. Mary Penington: Two Dreams of Christ -- 9. Anna Trapnel: Imprisonment for her Faith -- 10. Dorothy Waugh: Punishment Meted Out to a Quaker -- 11. George Trosse: An Account of his Madness -- 12. Cotton Mather: The Spiritual Life of a Young Minister -- Sect. 6. New Worlds -- 1. Thomas Roe: Negotiations with the Indians of Surat -- 2. Edward Terry: Observations on the Khoikhoi People -- 3. Richard Jobson: Trading on the River Gambra -- 4. Richard Frethorne: A Letter from Virginia -- 5. Thomas James: An Ice-Bound Winter -- 6. Thomas Raymond: Soldiering in the Low Countries -- 7. Richard Ligon: An Encounter with Two St. Tiago Women -- 8. T.S.: A Prisoner of the Turks -- 9. Ann Fanshawe: Journeys in Ireland and to Spain and France -- 10. Elizabeth Hooton: A Quaker's Experience in New England -- 11. Mary Rowlandson: Captivity Among the Narragansetts -- 12. Thomas Phillips: Buying and Transporting African Slaves -- 13. Jonathan Dickinson: Castaways in Florida. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Place of publication not identified : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2017
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (472 pages)
- Subjects:
- 941.06
English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700
English prose literature -- Women authors
English prose literature -- Male authors
Autobiography -- Women authors
Autobiography -- Male authors
Autobiography -- Male authors
Autobiography -- Women authors
Biography
English prose literature -- Early modern
English prose literature -- Male authors
English prose literature -- Women authors
Manners and customs
Vrouwen
Biographie
Quelle
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Sources
Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Biography -- Sources
England -- Social conditions -- 17th century -- Literary collections
Great Britain
Großbritannien
History
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- English
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- 9781351911924
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