{"product_id":"the-writings-of-elizabeth-webb-9780271082233","title":"The Writings of Elizabeth Webb","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA comprehensive collection of the writings of Elizabeth Webb, a Quaker missionary who traveled and taught in England and America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A very important volume, bringing to light a forgotten Quaker minister, adding to the new and necessary scholarship on Quaker women’s writings, and helping rewrite our understanding of apocalyptic thought within eighteenth-century Quakerism. It is required reading for all Quaker studies scholars.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ben Pink Dandelion,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quakers: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This extraordinary collection of mostly unpublished Quaker documents fills a major gap in early American writings by women and is a major contribution to early American archival scholarship. Webb’s keen observations range from personal narratives, letters, and travelogues to a unique commentary on the book of Revelation, and the introduction beautifully situates these documents in their historical and intellectual contexts.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Reiner Smolinski,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Threefold Paradise of Cotton Mather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rachel Cope and Zachary McLeod Hutchins have done a major service to scholars of early American history, women’s history, and Quakerism in reclaiming for us Quaker minister Elizabeth Webb. Her writings provide us with a marvelous view into the spiritual and interior life of a remarkable woman equally at home on both sides of the colonial Atlantic.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Thomas Hamm,author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quakers in America \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cope and Hutchins’s collection and annotation of Webb’s works is an important contribution to Quaker literature. This publication will offer scholars and others a rare glimpse into a female eighteenth-century Quaker preacher.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Heather E. Barry \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Scholars of Quaker and religious studies, early modern transatlantic history, colonial American literature, and women’s life writing and literary history will welcome \u003ci\u003eThe Writings of Elizabeth Webb: A Quaker Missionary in America, 1697–1726\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume to collect this once well-known Quaker minister’s published and unpublished works.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Lisa M. Logan \u003ci\u003eLegacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Writings of Elizabeth Webb\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating addition to early American and transatlantic literature and will enhance classroom discussions and scholarship on early American history and literature, women’s studies, and religious studies.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jennifer Desiderio \u003ci\u003eEarly American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cope and Hutchins have produced a timely and valuable compilation of one woman’s writings, sure to be of interest to specialists but also readily accessible and useful to those in the larger fields of American religion and early American history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Rachel Wheeler \u003ci\u003eReading Religion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on the TextWebb and Her World: An IntroductionWorks Prepared for Publication\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Letter from Elizabeth Webb to Anthony William Boehm, with His Answer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Meditations with Some Observations upon the Revelations of Jesus Christ\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePersonal Writings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Short Account of My Voyage into America with Mary Rogers, My Companion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort Memorial\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLetter to Her Children, August 24, 1724Suggestions for Further ReadingIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pennsylvania State University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400802410839,"sku":"9780271082233","price":20.66,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-writings-of-elizabeth-webb-9780271082233","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}