Research Catalog

Title

The poetry of religious sorrow in early modern England / Gary Kuchar.

Author

Kuchar, Gary, 1974-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Details

Description

xi, 241 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"In early modern England, religious sorrow was seen as a form of spiritual dialogue between the soul and God, expressing how divine grace operates at the level of human emotion. Through close readings of both Protestant and Catholic poetry, Kuchar explains how the discourses of "devout melancholy" helped generate some of the most engaging religious verse of the period. From Robert Southwell to John Milton, from Aemilia Lanyer to John Donne, the language of "holy mourning" informed how poets represented the most intimate and enigmatic aspects of faith as lived experience. In turn, "holy mourning" served as a way of registering some of the most pressing theological issues of the day. By tracing poetic representations of religious sorrow from Crashaw's devotional verse to Shakespeare's weeping kings, Kuchar expands our understanding of the interconnections between poetry, theology, and emotion in post-Reformation England."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1500-1700
• Geschichte 1580-1640
• Geschichte 1500-1700
• English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Christian poetry, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Grief in literature
• Theology in literature
• Philosophy in literature
• Religion in literature
• Literature and society > England > History > 16th century
• Literature and society > England > History > 17th century
• Loss (Psychology) in literature
• Christian poetry, English > Early modern
• English poetry > Early modern
• Literature and society
• Christliche Lyrik
• Englisch
• Literatur
• Reue Motiv
• Trauer Motiv
• Weinen Motiv
• Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• England
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The poetry of tears and the ghost of Robert Southwell in Shakespeare's Richard II and Milton's Paradise lost -- The poetry of tears and the metaphysics of grief: Richard Crashaw's "The weeper" -- The poetry of tears and the metaphysics of grief: Andrew Marvell's "Eyes and tears" -- Sad delight: Theology and Marian iconography in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum -- Petrarchism and repentance in John Donne's Holy sonnets -- John Donne and the poetics of belatedness: typology, trauma, and testimony in an anatomy of the world.

ISBN

• 9780521896696
• 052189669X

LCCN

2008012203

OCLC

• ocn191891566
• 191891566
• SCSB-14503859

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library