The Oxford handbook of early modern English literature and religion

Folger bibliographic ID: 352747
Folger call number: PR428.R46 O94 2017
Folger holdings ID: 501309

"This pioneering Handbook offers a comprehensive consideration of the dynamic relationship between English literature and religion in the early modern period. The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were the most turbulent times in the history of the British church - and, perhaps as a result, produced some of the greatest devotional poetry, sermons, polemics, and epics of literature in English. The early-modern interaction of rhetoric and faith is addressed in thirty-nine chapters of original research, divided into five sections. The first analyses the changes within the church from the Reformation to the establishment of the Church of England, the phenomenon of puritanism and the rise of non-conformity. The second section discusses ten genres in which faith was explored, including poetry, prophecy, drama, sermons, satire, and autobiographical writings. The middle section focuses on selected individual authors, among them Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, Lucy Hutchinson, and John Milton"--

Edition

First edition

General notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-782) and index

Extended title: The Oxford handbook of early modern English literature and religion / edited by Andrew Hiscock and Helen Wilcox
Alternate titles: Early modern English literature and religion

Religion and literature England

editor: Hiscock, Andrew, 1962-
editor: Wilcox, Helen