Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy

Name: Romantic Women Writers, Revolution, and Prophecy
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ISBN: 9781299403253

ISBN-10: 1299403255

ISBN-13: 9781299403253

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Authors: Orianne Smith

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Convinced that the end of the world was at hand, many Romantic women writers assumed the role of the female prophet to sound the alarm before the final curtain fell. Orianne Smith argues that their prophecies were performative acts in which the prophet believed herself to be authorized by God to bring about social or religious transformation through her words. Utilizing a wealth of archival material across a wide range of historical documents, including sermons, prophecies, letters and diaries, Orianne Smith explores the work of prominent women writers D from Hester Piozzi to Ann Radcliffe, from Helen Maria Williams to Anna Barbauld and Mary Shelley D through the lens of their prophetic…

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List price: $156.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2013
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 298
Language: English