| Religion, Literature, and Politics in Post-Reformation England, 1540 1688 Contributor(s): Hamilton, Donna B. (Editor), Strier, Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521474566 ISBN-13: 9780521474566 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: This collection of essays by historians and literary scholars treats English history and culture from the Henrician Reformation to the Glorious Revolution as a single coherent period in which religion is a dominant element in political and cultural life. It seeks to explore the centrality of the religion-politics nexus for this whole period through examining a wide variety of literary and non-literary texts, from plays and poems to devotional treatises, political treatises and histories. It breaks down normal distinctions between Tudor and Stuart, pre- and post-Restoration periods to reveal a coherent (though not all serene and untroubled) post-Reformation culture struggling with major issues of belief, practice, and authority. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 942.05 |
| LCCN: 95007950 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 6.19" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection of essays by historians and literary scholars treats English history and culture from the Reformation to the Glorious Revolution as a single coherent period in which religion was a dominant element in political and cultural life. It explores the close linkage between religion and politics in the period through the examination of a wide variety of literary and nonliterary texts. Normal period and disciplinary distinctions are broken down, as post-Reformation culture is shown struggling with major issues of belief and authority. |