'Friend of my soul' : constructing spiritual friendship in the autobiography of Mary Fletcher
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01/01/2009
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Mary Bosanquet Fletcher (1739-1815) was a leading early English Methodist, active throughout her adult life as a preacher, author, spiritual director and head of a large household. She was also part of a largely unexamined network of intense and intimate friendships between Methodist women across England. This article analyses the ways in which Fletcher represented friendship in her autobiography, a text that was widely published and read throughout the nineteenth century. Fletcher's autobiography shows how religious conviction could shape a distinctive construction of female friendship, at a time when such friendships had growing social and cultural significance.<br /> |
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eng |
Publicador |
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. |
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http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30021782/cruickshank-friendofasoul-2009.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-0208.2009.00216.x |
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2009, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies |
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Journal Article |