Print culture and the early Quakers
By: Kate Peters.
Series: Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: English prose literature -- Quaker authors -- History and criticism; English prose literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Christian literature -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century; Pamphlets -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century; Tracts -- Publishing -- England -- History -- 17th century; Christian literature, English -- History and criticism; Printing -- England -- History -- 17th century; Quakers -- England -- History -- 17th century; Quakers -- England -- Intellectual life; Quakers in literature
Description: "The early Quaker movement was remarkable for its prolific use of the printing press. Carefully orchestrated by a handful of men and women who were the movement's leaders, printed tracts were an integral feature of the rapid spread of Quaker ideas in the 1650s." "Drawing on very rich documentary evidence, this book examines how and why Quakers were able to make such effective use of print. As a crucial element in an extensive proselytising campaign which also used public preaching, confrontation, silence and symbolic performance, printed tracts enabled the emergence of the Quaker movement as a uniform, national phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-266) and index.