Research Catalog

Title

The Oxford handbook of early modern English literature and religion / edited by Andrew Hiscock and Helen Wilcox.

Publication

• Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hiscock, Andrew, 1962-
• Wilcox, Helen

Description

xlv, 802 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

"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"--

Series Statement

Oxford handbooks

Uniform Title

Oxford handbooks.

Alternative Title

Early modern English literature and religion

Subjects

• Religion and literature > England > History > 16th century
• Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-782) and index.

Call Number

JFF 17-1594

ISBN

• 9780199672806
• 0199672806

LCCN

2016961459

OCLC

966910031

Title

The Oxford handbook of early modern English literature and religion / edited by Andrew Hiscock and Helen Wilcox.

Publisher

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Oxford handbooks

Oxford handbooks.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 679-782) and index.

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Added Author

Hiscock, Andrew, 1962- editor.

Wilcox, Helen, editor.

Research Call Number

JFF 17-1594