Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England: Tales of Turning

by Abigail Shinn

Book Overview

This book is a study of English conversion narratives between 1580 and 1660. Focusing on the formal, stylistic properties of these texts, it argues that there is a direct correspondence between the spiritual and rhetorical turn. Furthermore, by focusing on a comparatively early period in the history of the conversion narrative the book charts for the first time writers' experimentation and engagement with rhetorical theory before the genre's relative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030072169
• ISBN13: 9783030072162
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"