Jacobean Poetry And Prose
Jacobean Poetry And Prose

Author: Clive Bloom

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1988-11-24

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 1349195901

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11 essays which attempt to combine contemporary literary theory and sound practical criticism from a range of literary approaches. The contributors cover the poetry of John Donne, the theology and impact of The Book of Common Prayer, the politics of Jacobean theatre and other themes.

History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne
History of English Literature from Beowulf to Swinburne

Author: Andrew Lang

Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 710

ISBN-13: 0809532298

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Andrew Lang's survey of English literature is a remarkably thorough look at the history of English writing, covering authors from Abbot Adamnan to Edward Young, and everyone of note in between.

Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England
Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England

Author: Meg Lota Brown

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-11-22

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9004476830

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Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England examines the responses of John Donne and his contemporaries to post-Reformation debate about authority and interpretation. It argues that the legal and epistemological principles, as well as the narrative practices, of casuistry provided an important resource for those caught in the welter of conflicting laws and religions. The first two chapters explore the political, historical, and theological contexts of casuistry, locating Donne in debates about the limits of reason and the relativity of law and ethics. Chapter three addresses Donne's concern with problems of moral decision and action, of knowledge and definition, in five of his prose works. Chapter four examines ways in which his verse assimilates and wittily subverts casuists' responses to epistemological and linguistic uncertainty. The study is particularly useful for literary critics, intellectual historians, and theologians.

English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700
English Prose of the Seventeenth Century 1590-1700

Author: Roger Pooley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1317901584

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This is the first book-length history of the range of seventeenth-century English prose writing. Roger Pooley's study begins with narrative, ranging from the fiction of Bunyan and Aphra Behn to the biographical and autobiographical work of Aubrey and Pepys. Further sections consider religious prose from the hugely influential Authorised Version to Donne's sermons, the political writing of figures as diverse as Milton, Hobbes, Locke and Marvell, cornucopian texts and the writings of the new scientists from Bacon to Newton. At a time when the boundaries of the `canon' are being increasingly revised, this is not only a major survey of a series of great works of literature, but also a fascinating social history and a guide to understanding the literature of the period as a whole.