Blog & News
Alice Thornton's Books as a Digital Exhibit at the SAA, Boston
On March 21st 2025, the Alice Thornton's Books team will be demonstrating the Digital Edition at the Shakespeare Association of America meeting in Boston. Our project has created a searchable digital ...
Read moreFull and Final Edition Now Available
We have reached the end of our AHRC-funded project and are delighted to announce that the full and final version of our Digital Scholarly Edition (DSE) of Alice Thornton’s Books is now available. Ther...
Read more‘Speaking to God in His Phrase and Word’: Alice Thornton’s Biblical Sources
My very first encounter with Alice Thornton’s writing was way back in 1988 when Elspeth Graham, Elaine Hobby, Hilary Hinds and Helen Wilcox were working on the anthology that was to become Her Own Lif...
Read more'His Admirable Book': Alice Thornton, Eikon Basilike and Seventeenth-Century Women's Books
Previously, as we approached the anniversary of the execution of Charles I (30 January 1649), Cordelia Beattie explored Thornton’s ‘Curious Account’ of the king’s final days; this year, I will take a ...
Read moreAlice Thornton and the Rewriting of Emotional Pain
Alice Thornton describes many medical encounters and illnesses in her four Books, and some episodes are recounted and retold in later volumes. In December 2022, I wrote a blog post on Thornton and tra...
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