Literal and Spiritual Births
Mary as Mother in Seventeenth-Century Women’s Writing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10416906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victoria Brownlee (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1297-1326 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Renaissance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4338 • E-ISSN: 1935-0236 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/685127 |
| OpenAlex | W2227135832 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 45 |
Mindful of the complex position of Christ’s mother, Mary, in post-Reformation Europe, this article examines how two women writers read Mary’s fleshly relationship with Christ. Reading the Bible typologically, Aemilia Lanyer and Dorothy Leigh determine that Mary’s material labor has spiritual consequences, because, in delivering Christ, she delivers God’s plan for salvation and inaugurates the new covenant. But, interpreting Marian maternity in this way, Lanyer’s Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum and Leigh’s The Mothers Blessing also suggest that the new covenant initiates a form of maternity that has sustained spiritual resonance for all women and has profound implications for the female writer
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |