Eucharist and the Poetic Imagination in Early Modern England

A study of six canonical early modern lyric poets and the impact of the Eucharist on their work.

List of contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction; 1. Southwell and paradox; 2. Donne and punning; 3. Herbert and Metanoia; 4. Crashaw and metonymy; 5. Vaughan and synecdoche; 6. Milton and metaphor; Epilogue; Select bibliography.

About the author

Sophie Read is a University Lecturer in English and Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

Summary

The Reformation changed forever how the Eucharistic sacrament was understood. This study of six canonical early modern lyric poets - Southwell, Donne, Herbert, Crashaw, Vaughan and Milton - traces the literary afterlife of one of the greatest doctrinal shifts in English history, and illuminates its continued importance well into the seventeenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Read, Sophie (University of Cambridge) Read
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.03.2017
• EAN: 9781316648513
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64851-3
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Ideas in Context
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education