Fit Words at the "Pitts Brinke": The Achievement of Elizabeth Isham
Abstract
Elizabeth Isham's "Booke of Rememberance" illuminates the inner life of an early modern Englishwoman who chose not to marry, and shows the importance of books to seventeenth-century women confronting illness and melancholy. Isham's habit from youth of copying passages from reading that might suit her own and others' needs for comfort prepared her to fit textual fragments together for her own healing. Anne Cotterill shows how Isham's learning and application of scripture, as part of a lifelong conversation with God and search for spiritual assurance, became compelling nourishment for her intellectual and emotional life.
Recommended Citation
Cotterill, Anne. "Fit Words at the "Pitts Brinke": The Achievement of Elizabeth Isham." Huntington Library Quarterly, University of California Press, 2010, pp.225-248.
Department(s)
English and Technical Communication
Keywords and Phrases
Biblical commonplacing; Early modern women diarists and memoirists; John Dod; John Dryden; Northamptonshire
Time Period
1600 - 1700
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0018-7895
Electronic OCLC #
52050526
Print OCLC #
1752421
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2010 University of California Press, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2010