<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The sixteenth century author Nicholas Breton appropriates a female voice in many of his writings, among which <underline>Marie Magdalens Loue</underline> and <underline>The Pilgrimage to Paradise joyned with the Countesse of Penbrookes Loue</underline> feature prominently. The Countess of Pembroke, celebrated by Aemilia Lanyer in her <underline>Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum</underline> as a paragon of female religious devotion, is often associated in Breton's texts with Mary Magdalene. This paper will analyse some of the anxieties engendered by this appropriation of voice and of the Magdalene figure, anxieties that prove to be disruptive of Elizabethan gender hierarchies.</p></abstract>

The sixteenth century author Nicholas Breton appropriates a female voice in many of his writings, among which Marie Magdalens Loue and The Pilgrimage to Paradise joyned with the Countesse of Penbrookes Loue feature prominently. The Countess of Pembroke, celebrated by Aemilia Lanyer in her Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum as a paragon of female religious devotion, is often associated in Breton's texts with Mary Magdalene. This paper will analyse some of the anxieties engendered by this appropriation of voice and of the Magdalene figure, anxieties that prove to be disruptive of Elizabethan gender hierarchies.

Appropriating A Female Voice: Nicholas Breton And The Countess Of Pembroke

West University of Timişoara, Romania, 4, V. Pârvan Blvd, 300223 Timişoara

Gender Studies

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The sixteenth century author Nicholas Breton appropriates a female voice in many of his writings, among which Marie Magdalens Loue and The Pilgrimage to...

Appropriating A Female Voice: Nicholas Breton And The Countess Of Pembroke

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 48 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0004

Keywords
female mystics, Mary Magdalene, penitence, ventriloquized female voices

© REGHINA DASCĂL

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Appropriating A Female Voice: Nicholas Breton And The Countess Of Pembroke

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 48 - 65

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0004

Keywordsfemale mystics, Mary Magdalene, penitence, ventriloquized female voices

© REGHINA DASCĂL

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
female mystics, Mary Magdalene, penitence, ventriloquized female voices