Beyond the Cloister : Catholic Englishwomen and Early Modern Literary Culture /
Jenna Lay.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Spelling and Punctuation -- Introduction. Gender, Religion, and English Literary History -- 1. Fractured Discourse: Recusant Women and Forms of Virginity -- 2. To the Nunnery: Enclosure and Polemic in the English Convents in Exile -- 3. A Game of Her Own: The Reformation of Obedience -- 4. Cloisters and Country Houses: Women's Literary Communities -- Epilogue. Failures of Literary History -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments