A True Account of My Life and Selected Meditations
Author:   Lady Anne Halkett ,  Suzanne Trill
Publisher:   Iter Press
ISBN:  

9781649590244


Pages:   428
Publication Date:   11 January 2023
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Our Price $176.75 Quantity:  
Add to Cart

Share |

A True Account of My Life and Selected Meditations


Add your own review!

Overview

The autobiographical narrative of Anne, Lady Halkett. Born in the early 1620s, Anne, Lady Halkett (née Murray) grew up on the fringes of the English court during a period of increasing political tension. From 1644 to 1699, Halkett recorded her personal and political experiences in both England and Scotland in a series of manuscript meditations and an autobiographical narrative called A True Account of My Life. Royalism, romance, and contemporary religious debates are central to Halkett’s vivid portrayal of her life as a single woman, wife, mother, and widow. Collectively, the materials edited here offer the opportunity to explore how Halkett’s meditational practice informed her life writing in the only version of her writings to date available in a fully modernized edition. The forty-four meditations in this volume redefine the importance of Halkett’s contribution to seventeenth-century life writing.    

Full Product Details

Author:   Lady Anne Halkett ,  Suzanne Trill
Publisher:   Iter Press
Imprint:   Iter Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.40cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.20cm
Weight:   0.686kg
ISBN:  

9781649590244


ISBN 10:   1649590245
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   11 January 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Illustrations Abbreviations INTRODUCTION A TRUE ACCOUNT OF MY LIFE (1677–1678) SELECTED MEDITATIONS APPENDIX 1: Anne, Lady Halkett, “Letter to the Earl of Lauderdale” (ca. 1672) APPENDIX 2: Anne, Lady Halkett, “Letter to Her Stepson, Sir Charles Halkett” (n.d.) APPENDIX 3: Anne, Lady Halkett, “An Information of What Was Left Me by My Mother” (n.d.) APPENDIX 4: Items from Simon Couper, The Life of the Lady Halket (1701) 1. “Experiences in Fyvie.” 2. “Books by the Lady Halket.” 3. Biblical References in the “Books by the Lady Halket.” Bibliography Index

Reviews

Author Information

Anne, Lady Halkett (1621/2–1699) was a writer whose autobiographical narrative A True Account of My Life reveals her active involvement in the politics of religion. Suzanne Trill is a senior lecturer in English literature at the University of Edinburgh.    

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions
Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
 Shopping cart
Mailing List

 

Sign up now