Eleanor Davies, from The Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies
Warning to the Dragon
pp. 1-56
Given to the Elector
pp. 59-70
Bathe Daughter of BabyLondon
pp. 71-72
The Lady Eleanor Her Appeal
pp. 75-84
To the most honorable the High
Court and Samson's Legacy
pp. 85-100
Excommunication out of Paradise pp. 225-234
Restitution of Prophesy
pp. 343-368
Blasphemous Charge
pp. 249-254
Geneva Bible (commentaries on the Bible)
[On Reserve in Marriot Library]
Davies will pose a number of interesting challenges for us: her
styles vary greatly, but range from what one might call the "word-salad"
of schizophrenia to doggerel poetry to political petitions.
Some of the questions that we may want to consider when discussing her
various tracts are:
What is the
relationship between poetry and prophecy?
What kind of styles does she use? How do they
differ? What kind of effect do differing styles have?
What is the role of history in her writings?
What kind of history is it that we are being presented with?
Mystics traditionally employ language of the body
to convey their experiences of God. What kind of bodily language,
if any, do we see with Davies?
I'd also like you to peruse the Geneva Bible facsimilie on reserve.
How does this function as a text? What is marginalia doing in this
version of the bible? Are there any points of contact between this
text and Davies' tracts?