Title: Biblical women's voices in early modern England /
Authors: Osherow, Michele.
Publisher: Ashgate,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Miriam; Hannah; Deborah; David,; Bible. Influence Modern civilization.; Women in the Bible Biography History and criticism.; Protestant women England Language History.; Language and languages Religious aspects Protestant churches History of doctrines.; Hebrew poetry, Biblical History and criticism.
Abstract: Biblical Women's Voices documents the extent to which portrayals of women writerrs, rulers, and leaders in the Hebrew Bible scripted the lives of women in early modern England. Attending to a broad range of writing by Protestant men and women, including John Donne, Mary Sidney, John Milton, Rachel Speght, and Aemilia Lanyer, the author investigates how the cultural requirement for feminine silence informs early modern readins of biblical women's stories, and furthermore, how these biblical characters were used to counteract cultural constraints on women's speech. --From publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction: "Even I wil sing" -- "Should she not be ashamed?": constructing Mary Sidney as a Renaissance Miriam -- "My mouth is enlarged over mine enemies": Hannah and the consequence of private prayer -- "Give ear o princes": Deborah as a model for female authority -- "Naked against the enemy": the feminization of David -- Epilogue: none can resist her words.