Reading Humility in Early Modern England by Jennifer Clement Paperback Book

Description: Reading Humility in Early Modern England by Jennifer Clement While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Clement argues, it is central to early modern understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to contemporary concepts of the self. Early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading. This study complicates mo FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Jennifer Clement argues here, it is central to sixteenth- and seventeenth-century understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to early modern concepts of the self. As this study shows, early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading, and make humility foundational to any proper understanding of human agency. Yet humility has received little critical interest, and has often been misunderstood as a false virtue that engenders only self-abjection. This study offers an overview of various ways in which humility is discussed, deployed, or resisted in early modern texts ranging from the explicitly religious and autobiographical prose of Katherine Parr and John Donne, to the more politically motivated prose of Queen Elizabeth I and the seventeenth-century reformer and radical Thomas Tryon. As part of the wider turn to religion in early modern studies, this study seeks to complicate our understanding of a mainstream early modern virtue, and to problematize a mode of critical analysis that assumes agency is always defined by resistance. Author Biography Jennifer Clement is a Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Queensland, Australia. Table of Contents A foundation of humility. Breeches parts: humility, pride, and social hierarchy. Acting (false) humility: Eastward Ho! and the problem of hypocrisy. Kissing the wound: humility and humiliation in John Donnes Sermons and Devotions upon Emergent Occasions. The Queens humility: Katherine Parr, Elizabeth I, and humble agency. Thomas Tryons reformed stewardship. Conclusion: humility and agency. Review "Jennifer Clement has produced a compelling and well-written case for humility as an important and underappreciated virtue in early modern England." – Emily Cock, The University of Winchester, UK Details ISBN0367880946 Author Jennifer Clement Pages 166 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Year 2019 ISBN-10 0367880946 ISBN-13 9780367880941 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 820.93530903 Publication Date 2019-12-12 UK Release Date 2019-12-12 AU Release Date 2019-12-12 NZ Release Date 2019-12-12 Alternative 9781472453778 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134548816;

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