Research Catalog

Title

In hope of heaven : English recusant prison writings of the sixteenth century / Paul Strauss.

Author

Strauss, Paul, 1941-

Publication

New York : P. Lang, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

156 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

• This book represents a fresh look at four Recusant writers of the sixteenth century - John Fisher, Thomas More, Robert Southwell, and Benedict Canfield - each imprisoned for the practice of his Catholic faith. All are united by the additional bond that while in prison, they wrote books in which they stated their ultimate belief that the crown of martyrdom awaited those who persevered.
• At times polemical, at other times reflective and consolatory, these men encapsulated the best of traditional Catholic thought for an audience living in shifting and perilous times. This book offers a new evaluation of an old and vital tradition, one too often neglected by traditional literary studies.

Series Statement

American university studies. Series IV, English language and literature, 0-0741-0700 ; vol. 166

Uniform Title

American university studies. Series IV, English language and literature ; v. 166.

Subjects

• Consolation in literature
• Catholics > England > History > 16th century
• English prose literature > Catholic authors > History and criticism
• Christian literature, English > Catholic authors > History and criticism
• Prisoners' writings, English > History and criticism
• English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-152) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Recusant Prison Literature -- Ch. 2. The Tower Works of John Fisher -- Ch. 3. St. Thomas More and The Dialogue of Comfort -- Ch. 4. Robert Southwell and The Epistle of Comfort -- Ch. 5. Benedict Canfield and The Christian Knight.

ISBN

0820420999 (alk. paper)

LCCN

92043157

OCLC

• 27068348
• ocm27068348

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries