Anne Wheathill Explained
Anne Wheathill was an English poet known for A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs, a collection of forty-nine prayers.[1] [2] A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs is the first nonaristocratic English gentlewoman's book of prayers.[3] Characteristic to the period, the Reformist[4] prayers' topics include admission of transgressions, entreaty for forgiveness, the glory of God, and connection to the divine.[5] The collection was published by Henry Denham.[6] [7] The only known original copy of A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs is held by the Folger Shakespeare Library.[8]
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Notes and References
- Book: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. 2004. 0-19-861408-X. Matthew. H. C. G.. 58. Oxford. 410.
- Book: Dictionary of English Literature. Bloomsbury. 1997. Wynne-Davies. Marion. 2nd. Credo Reference.
- Anne Wheathill's A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584): The First English Gentlewoman's Prayer Book . Autumn 1996 . Atkinson . Colin . The Sixteenth Century Journal . 27 . 3 . 659–672 . 10.2307/2544010 . 2544010 . Atkinson . Jo.
- Book: Hackett, Helen. Cambridge Guide to Women's Writings in English. Cambridge University Press. 1999. 978-0521668132. 662. 848840673.
- Book: Loughlin, Marie. The Broadview Anthology of Sixteenth-Century Poetry and Prose. Broadview Press. 2012. 9781551111629. Canada. 454–456.
- Numerical patterning in Anne Wheathill's A Handfull of Holesome (though Homelie) Hearbs (1584) . Spring 1998 . Atkinson . Colin B. . Texas Studies in Literature and Language . 40 . 1–25 . 40755137 . Atkinson . Jo. 1 .
- Book: Demers, Patricia. Women's Writing in English: Early Modern England. Patricia Demers. University of Toronto Press. 2005. 9781442627376. Toronto. 119.
- Book: Cullen, Patrick. Anne Wheathill Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part One, Volume 9. Routledge. 2016. 978-1859281000.
