The Early Modern Englishwoman, a Facsimile Library of Essential Works: Eleanor Davies, Writings 1647-1652

Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Apr 15, 2011 - History - 640 pages

In 1625, Lady Eleanor Davies published her first treatise, A Warning to the Dragon, initiating her controversial career as a writer of prophetic tracts. They focus on a complex of personal and political events that Lady Eleanor thought indicated the fast approach of the last days foretold by the biblical prophets Daniel and John of Patmos. A complement to Teresa Feroli's facsimile edition of Eleanor Davies' pre-1640 texts (Ashgate, 2000), this pair of volumes reproduces 60 texts from the corpus of 66 printed between 1641 and 1652.

About the author

Teresa Feroli, Associate Professor of English, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, USA

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Early Modern Englishwoman, a Facsimile Library of Essential Works: Eleanor Davies, Writings 1647-1652; Volume 3; Volumes 5-6 of Early modern Englishwoman: Printed writings, 1641-1700; The Early Modern English Women: Facsimile Library-PW 1641-1700 Part 4 Series; The Early Modern Englishwoman, a Facsimile Library of Essential Works: Printing Writings, 1641-1700
• Contributor: Teresa Feroli
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011
• ISBN: 0754662284, 9780754662280
• Length: 640 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Prophecy; History / Europe / Renaissance; History / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Renaissance