ROBERT POLLOKS COURSE OF TIME AND - The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic

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.

List of contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Robert Pollok and the Contexts of The Course of Time
Summary of The Course of Time
Note 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 Time
Chapter 5: Sharpening Weapons at the Forge of Byron: Romanticism and Apocalypticism in The Course of Time
Chapter 6: The Rise and Fall of a Christian Epic
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the author

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.

Product details

• Authors: Deryl Davis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2025
• EAN: 9781032523156
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3252315-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Studies in Romanticism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Religious, FICTION / Fantasy / Epic, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Philosophy, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, POETRY / Epic, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Religion, FICTION / Christian / Western, Christianity, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Philosophy of religion, FICTION / Christian / Romance / General, FICTION / Christian / Biblical, Robert Pollok;Romantic Age;Theology;Literary Theodicy;Epic, BIBLES / Common English Bible / New Testament & Portions