Figuring Modesty in Feminist Discourse Across the Americas, 1633-1700 (Women and Gender in the Early Modern World)

"Inventive in its approach and provocative in its analysis, this study offers fresh readings of the arguments and practices of four seventeenth-century Euro-American women: Anne Bradstreet, Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, and Marie de l'Incarnation. Tamara Harvey here compares functionalist treatments of the body by these women, offering a new way to think of corporeality as a device in literary and religious expressions of modesty by women. In doing so, Harvey explores the engagement of these women in ongoing religious, political, scientific, and social debates that would have been understood by the authors' contemporaries in both Europe and America."--BOOK JACKET Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Introduction: Modesty’s Charge: Feminist Functionalism and Seventeenth-Century Feminist Theory......Page 12 1 “Now Sisters ... impart your usefulnesse, and force”: Anne Bradstreet’s Feminist Functionalism......Page 28 2 “Cuerpo Luminoso”: Body and Soul in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s Primero Sueño......Page 62 3 “I doe not thinke the Body that dyes shall rise agayne”: Anne Hutchinson’s Mortalism as Feminist Functionalism......Page 92 4 Femmes fortes: Mysticism and the Female Apostolate of Marie de l’Incarnation......Page 124 Conclusion......Page 152 Bibliography......Page 158 B......Page 168 F......Page 169 J......Page 170 M......Page 171 S......Page 172 W......Page 173 Z......Page 174 Inventive in its approach and provocative in its analysis, this study offers fresh readings of the arguments and practices of four seventeenth-century Euro-American women: Anne Bradstreet, Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Marie de l'Incarnation. Tamara Harvey here compares functionalist treatments of the body by these women, offering a new way to think of corporeality as a device in literary and religious expressions of modesty by women. In doing so, Harvey explores the engagement of these women in ongoing religious, political, scientific and social debates that would have been understood by the authors'contemporaries in both Europe and America. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Modesty's Charge: Feminist Functionalism and Seventeenth-Century Feminist Theory -- 1 "Now Sisters ... impart your usefulnesse, and force": Anne Bradstreet's Feminist Functionalism -- 2 "Cuerpo Luminoso": Body and Soul in Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's Primero Sueño -- 3 "I doe not thinke the Body that dyes shall rise agayne": Anne Hutchinson's Mortalism as Feminist Functionalism -- 4 Femmes fortes: Mysticism and the Female Apostolate of Marie de l'Incarnation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index Introduction: Modesty's Charge : Feminist Functionalism And Seventeenth-century Feminist Theory -- 'now Sisters-- Impart Your Usefulnesse, And Force' : Anne Bradstreet's Feminist Functionalism -- 'cuerpo Luminoso' : Body And Soul In Sor Juana Inés De La Cruz's Primero Sueño -- 'i Doe Not Thinke The Body That Dyes Shall Rise Agayne' : Anne Hutchinson's Mortalism As Feminist Functionalism -- Femmes Fortes : Mysticism And The Female Apostolate Of Marie De L'incarnation. Tamara Harvey. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [147]-156) And Index. 'But modesty hath charg'd me to conceal' : functionalist reframing of the symbolic body as seventeenth-century feminist theory 'Now sisters . . . impart your usefulnesse, and force' : Anne Bradstreet's feminist functionalism 'Cuerpo luminoso' : body and soul in sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's Primero sueño 'I doe not thinke the body that dyes shall rise agayne' : Anne Hutchinson's mortalism as feminist functionalism Femmes fortes : mysticism and the female apostolate of Marie de l'Incarnation. Inventive in its approach, this study offers fresh readings of the arguments and practices of four seventeenth-century Euro-American women: Anne Bradstreet, Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and Marie de l'Incarnation. Tamara Harvey offers a new way to think of corporeality as a device in literary and religious expressions of modesty by women, and explores how these women engaged in ongoing religious, political, scientific and social debates of the time

Inventive in its approach and provocative in its analysis, this study offers fresh readings of the arguments and practices of four seventeenth-century Euro-American women: Anne Bradstreet, Anne Hutchinson, Sor Juana In