Romance of the Spirit: Female Sexuality and Religious Desire in Early Modern England

Abstract

Isaac Watts is not generally remembered for his amorous adventures. Yet it was rumored that his attentions to that pious daughter of his dissenting schoolmaster were not simply for the care of her soul. It was on the day following Watts's marriage proposal to Elizabeth Singer that Philomela consented to marry another. 1 Years later, the scorned Watts still had to endure the mockery of Edward Young:

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