Описание: Each of the figures examined in this study - John Dee, John Donne, Sir Kenelm Digby, Henry and Thomas Vaughan, and Jane Lead - is concerned with the ways in which God can be approached or experienced. Michael Martin analyzes the ways in which the encounter with God is figured among these early modern writers who inhabit the shared cultural space of poets and preachers, mystics and scientists.
Описание: The early modern period inherited and refashioned a culture of remembrance deeply-ingrained in the customs of Christian community. The Arts of Remembrance in Early Modern England maps the new terrain of remembrance in the post-Reformation and charts the creative re-fashioning of remembrance in material, textual and performance culture.
Автор: Llewellyn Название: Funeral Monuments in Post-Reformation England ISBN: 0521107520 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521107525 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 8237.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is an account of the most important kind of surviving post-Reformation church art, the carved stone funeral monument. Built in huge numbers during the years around 1600, thousands still survive across England. Lavishly illustrated with rare photographs, it offers a valuable and informative record.
Описание: Hearing was of vital importance in the early modern period, and music was one of the most prominent, powerful and emotive elements of religious worship. This book begins with an exploration of the classical and religious discourses which underpinned sixteenth-century understandings of music, and its use in religious worship.
Описание: This book explores the role of children and young people within early modern England`s Catholic minority. It examines Catholic attempts to capture the next generation, Protestant reactions to these initiatives, and the social, legal and political contexts in which young people formed, maintained and attempted to explain their religious identity.
Описание: Notions of religious conformity in England were redefined during the mid-seventeenth century; for many it was as though the previous century`s reformation was being reversed. Lane considers how a select group of churchmen - the Laudians - reshaped the meaning of church conformity during a period of religious and political turmoil.
Описание: The book takes a look at the abundant disguise scenarios in Elizabethan prose fiction by tracing the interconnections between the Reformation and the literary mode of romance. It argues that prose narratives about disguise and foreign fashion adopt aspects of the heated Eucharist debate during the Reformation, including officially renounced notions like transubstantiation, to negotiate culturally pressing concerns regarding identity change.
Автор: Christopher O`Reilly Название: Post-Colonial Literature ISBN: 052177554X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521775540 Издательство: Cambridge Education Рейтинг: Цена: 1949.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book encompasses experiences of the British Empire such as life in Nigeria before the arrival of the British, through to the British retreat from the Empire after the Second World War and on to reggae and `dub` beats of black British poetry today. Includes writing from Indian, African, South African and Caribbean authors such as Salman Rushdie, Chinua Achebe, J.M. Coetzee and Derek Walcott.
Автор: Betteridge Tom Название: Literature and Politics in the English Reformation ISBN: 0719064619 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719064616 Издательство: NBN International Рейтинг: Цена: 6336.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This is a study of the English Reformation as a political and literary event. Focusing on an eclectic group of texts, unified by their explication of the key elements of the cultural history of the period 1510-80 the book unravels the political, poetic and religious themes of the era. -- .
Автор: Smith Название: Literature & Revolution in England ISBN: 0300071531 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300071535 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 4950.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Civil War and Interregnum have usually been marginalized as a literary period. This study shows that these central years of the 17th century constituted a turning point not only in the political, social and religious history but in literary genre, the use of language and its meaning.
Описание: Notions of religious conformity in England were redefined during the mid-seventeenth century; for many it was as though the previous century`s reformation was being reversed. Lane considers how a select group of churchmen - the Laudians - reshaped the meaning of church conformity during a period of religious and political turmoil.
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