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‘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...
Read moreBreezing through Alice Thornton's Books with our Text Search Function
A new feature on the Alice Thornton’s Books website, the text search, is now live. This makes it even easier to search within the pages of the digital edition. In this post, we’ll take a look at the d...
Read moreFrom Bloodletting to Emojis: Exploring Alice Thornton's World Through Computational Text Analytics
Dr Beatrice Alex is Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Fellow at the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. Her research focuses on text mining and natural la...
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