Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England - The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert

The narrative presented here is a rare, detailed autobiographical account of one woman's experience of mental disorder in seventeenth-century England. Katharine Hodgkin presents in modern typography an annotated edition of the author's manuscript of this unusual and compelling text. Also included are prefaces to the narrative written by Fitzherbert

List of contents

Contents: Introduction; Bibliography; Note on transcript; Transcript of Dionys Fitzherbert’s Manuscript; Appendix; Index.

About the author

Katharine Hodgkin, Reader in Cultural History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London, UK

Summary

The narrative presented here is a rare, detailed autobiographical account of one woman's experience of mental disorder in seventeenth-century England. Katharine Hodgkin presents in modern typography an annotated edition of the author's manuscript of this unusual and compelling text. Also included are prefaces to the narrative written by Fitzherbert

Product details

• Assisted by: Katharine Hodgkin (Editor), Hodgkin Katharine (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032923024
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92302-4
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 580 g
• Series: The Early Modern Englishwoman, 1500-1750: Contemporary Editions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Literary studies: general