Conversion Narratives in Early Modern England : Tales of Turning.
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Electronic Book | UT Tyler Online Online | PN1-PN6790 (Browse shelf) | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uttyler/detail.action?docID=5541265 | Available | EBC5541265 |
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Tales of Turning -- Chapter 2 Take Up and Read: The Convert and the Book -- Bibles in Parts and the Converted Reader -- 'How To' Guides to Conversion -- Exemplary Converts and Proselytising in Print -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Converting Souls and Words: Tropes, Eloquence and Translation -- Persuading the Soul to Move: The Power of Metaphor and Simile -- The Eloquent Convert -- 'Thou Art Translated' -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Narrative Topographies and the Geographies of Conversion -- 'Base and Vulgar Spirits Houer Still About Home': How to Travel -- Curiosity and the Convert: The Magnetism of Rome -- Mad Gadabouts and Prodigal Sons -- Memory and Perpetual Motion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Witnessing the Body: Corporeal Conversions -- Bodies of Proof -- Body Language: Gesture and Deportment -- Weeping and Eating -- Choreographing Conversion -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Conclusion: Bunyan's Turn -- Bibliography -- Index.
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