Description: While humility is not especially valued in modern Western culture, Clement argues, it is central to early modern understandings of Christian faith and behavior, and is vital to contemporary concepts of the self. Early modern literary engagements with humility link it to self-knowledge through the practice of right reading. This study complicates mo
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"Jennifer Clement has produced a compelling and well-written case for humility as an important and underappreciated virtue in early modern England." - Emily Cock, The University of Winchester, UK