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This book explores the contexts and reception history of Robert Pollok's religious epic
The Course of Time. Considers the reasons for the poem's enormous popularity and precipitous decline, focusing on the poem's combination of evangelical Calvinism and High Romanticism.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Robert Pollok and the Contexts of
The Course of TimeSummary of
The Course of TimeNote on Language
Chapter 1: Miltonic Theodicy in the Romantic Age
Chapter 2: Epic Correspondences: How Pollok Used Milton
Chapter 3: Sources of Inspiration: Byron, John Dick, Edward Irving and old Mortality
Chapter 4: The Poem a Sermon: Religion and Moral Portraiture in
The Course of TimeChapter 5: Sharpening Weapons at the Forge of Byron: Romanticism and Apocalypticism in
The Course of TimeChapter 6: The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Deryl Davis is Adjunct Professor of Theology and the Arts at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and a producer with Journey Films, a documentary film company making films on religion and spirituality for public television. He received his Ph.D. in Literature, Theology, and the Arts from the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
