Radical Pastoral, 1381-1594 - Appropriation and the Writing of Religious Controversy

Zusatztext '...Radical Pastoral [should be] on the reading list of anyone interested in ploughman writings and the sixteenth century's attempts to come to terms with its medieval past.' Medium Aevum Informationen zum Autor Mike Rodman Jones is Lecturer in Medieval Studies at The University of Nottingham! UK. Klappentext From William Langland's "Piers Plowman"! through the highly polemicized literary culture of fifteenth-century Lollardy! to major Reformation writers such as Simon Fish! William Tyndale and John Bale! and into the 1590s! this book argues for a vital reassessment of our understanding of the literary and cultural modes of the Reformation. Zusammenfassung From William Langland's "Piers Plowman", through the highly polemicized literary culture of fifteenth-century Lollardy, to major Reformation writers such as Simon Fish, William Tyndale and John Bale, and into the 1590s, this book argues for a vital reassessment of our understanding of the literary and cultural modes of the Reformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; The Ploughman's commonwealth; Polemical pastoralism: the Reformation and before; 'The living ghost of Piers Plowman': the Ploughman in print! 1510-1550; The Elizabethan Ploughman: from 'Piers Marprelate' to Pierce Penniless and back to Piers Plowman; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Rodman Jones, Jones Mike Rodman
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2010
• EAN: 9780754666943
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-6694-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, Religion: general, Christianity, Theatre Studies, History of Religion, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: general, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Medieval style, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches