{"product_id":"fruit-of-the-orchard-reading-catherine-of-siena-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-england-hardback-9781487504076","title":"Fruit of the Orchard; Reading Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England (Hardback) 9781487504076","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFruit of the Orchard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eReading Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer N. Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487504076\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 January 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.5 cm, 0.63 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brown has written a very well researched work. On the basis of twenty-one manuscript and printed excepts or complete copies of works by and about Catherine, she has constructed a plausible picture of how Catherine became known in England between 1400 and 1700, who read her and why.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Hugh Feiss (\u003cem\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eFruit of the Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e] is a fascinating study of English piety that clearly will interest specialists in women\u0026amp;#x2019;s visionary culture. [Brown\u0026amp;#x2019;s] close readings of specific texts add to our understanding of their creation, transmission, and reception. Scholars investigating connections between gender and spiritual authority, as well as the discourse between Latin and vernacular texts in an era of increasing literacy and print culture, will come away with new questions to pursue.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Lezlie Knox, Marquette University (\u003cem\u003eEarly Modern Women\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eFruit of the Orchard\u003c\/i\u003e has been a decade in the writing: it was worth waiting for.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Luke Penkett, The Julian Centre, Norwich (\u003cem\u003eSpiritus\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFruit of the Orchard\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on how Catherine of Siena served as a visible and widespread representative of English piety becoming a part of the devotional landscape of the period. By analyzing a variety of texts, including monastic and lay, complete and excerpted, shared and private, author Jennifer N. Brown considers how the visionary prophet and author was used to demonstrate orthodoxy, subversion, and heresy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTracing the book tradition of Catherine of Siena, as well as investigating the circulation of manuscripts, Brown explores how the various perceptions of the Italian saint were reshaped and understood by an English readership. By examining the practice of devotional reading, she reveals how this sacred exercise changed through a period of increased literacy, the rise of the printing press, and religious turmoil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Finding Catherine of Siena in Late Medieval and Early Modern England \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Compiling Catherine: The Visionary Woman, Stephen Maconi, and the Carthusian Audience\u003cbr\u003e2. William Flete, English Spirituality, and Catherine of Siena \u003cbr\u003e3. Catherine Excerpted: Reading the Miscellany  \u003cbr\u003e4. \u003cem\u003eThe Orcherd of Syon\u003c\/em\u003e: How to Read in the Convent \u003cbr\u003e5. Catherine in Print: Lay Audiences and Reading Hagiography \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion - Reforming Reading: Catherine of Siena in an Age of Reform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Literary Ancestry Chart \u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Catherine Texts in England \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739504734488,"sku":"9781487504076","price":43.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fruit-of-the-orchard-reading-catherine-of-siena-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-england-hardback-9781487504076","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}