Restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. This book explores the many identities, the many faces, of the prophetic sibyls as they appear in the works...
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Restores the rich tradition of the Sibyls to the position of prominence they once held in the culture and society of the English Renaissance. This book explores the many identities, the many faces, of the prophetic sibyls as they appear in the works of English Renaissance writers
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Editorial Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Sibylline Heritage: From the Mists of Antiquity; 2 Reforming the Sibyls: The Appropriation of the Sibyls in the Middle Ages and Reformation; 3 The Sibyls in Elizabeth's Court and Country; 4 The Sibyls: God's Divines or She Imps of Satan?; 5 Shakespeare's Sibyls; 6 To be a Sibyl: Jane Seager's Sibylline Poems; 7 The Final Act: Revealing the Sibyls in Jacobean England; Notes; Bibliography; Index;