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Refiguring the sacred feminine : the poems of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton
- Title
- Refiguring the sacred feminine : the poems of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton / Theresa DiPasquale.
- Author
- DiPasquale, Theresa M., 1962-
- Publication
- Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, ©2008.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 392 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "A study of the sacred feminine as it is understood in the works of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton, each of whom reformed and envisioned several important Christian archetypes: Ecclesia, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Divine Wisdom, and the soul as bride of Christ"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
- Uniform Title
- Medieval and Renaissance literary studies
- Subject
- Donne, John, 1572-1631 > Criticism and interpretation
- Lanyer, Aemilia > Criticism and interpretation
- Milton, John, 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation
- Donne > John > 1572-1631 > Criticism and interpretation
- Lanyer > Aemilia > Criticism and interpretation
- Milton > John > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation
- Donne, John, 1572-1631
- Lanyer, Aemilia
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Donne, John, 1572-1631
- Lanyer, Aemilia, c.1569-1645
- Milton, John, 1608-1674
- Donne, John
- Lanier, Emilia
- Milton, John
- 1500-1700
- English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Christian poetry, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
- Women in literature
- Women > Religious aspects
- Femininity > Religious aspects
- Femininity (Philosophy) in literature
- 18.05 English literature
- Christian poetry, English > Early modern
- English poetry > Early modern
- Christliche Lyrik
- Frau Motiv
- English
- Languages & Literatures
- English Literature
- Genre/Form
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Poésie.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-381) and index.
- Contents
- Donne in the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean milieux -- The feminine trinity in "The Annuntiation and Passion" -- Donne's ambivalent mourning: Woman as mortal sacrament -- Donne's "Show me deare Christ" and Augustine's exposition of Psalm 33 -- Scaramental poetics and right reading in the Anniversaries -- The final cause of sacramental womanhood in The First Anniversarie -- Moving beyond earthly womanhood in "A Funerall Elegie" and The Second Anniversarie -- Lanyer as anti-Jacobean and neo-Elizabethan translator of scripture -- Lanyer's incarnational poetics -- The womanhood of the church and the priesthood of woman -- Lanyer's critique of apostolic priesthood -- Sacred Eros in Salve Deus -- Envisioning heterosexual alternatives to Pauline Marriage -- Lanyer's artful and natural homoerotics -- Maternal wisdom and pastoral ministry in Arcades -- Ecclesiastical discipline and virginal wisdom in A Mask -- Eve and wisdom in Paradise Lost -- Jesus as son and student of Mary in Paradise Regained.
- ISBN
- 9780820704050
- 0820704059
- LCCN
- 2007051592
- 9780820704050
- 99818667800
- OCLC
- ocn190842571
- 190842571
- SCSB-14503827
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library