Eucharist, Poetics, and Secularization From the Middle Ages to Milton

The Eucharist, Poetics, and Secularization from the Middle Ages to Milton explains the astonishing centrality of the eucharist to English poets writing from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries.

Table des matières

• Introduction: The Presence of the Eucharist in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Poetry


• 1: Medieval Sacraments: Immanence and Transcendence in The Pearl-poet and Chaucer


• 2: Southwell's Mass: Sacrament and Self


• 3: Herbert's Eucharist: Sacrifices of Thanksgiving


• 4: Donne's Communions


• 5: Communion in Two Kinds: Milton's Bread and Crashaw's Wine


• Conclusion: The Future of Presence

A propos de l'auteur

Shaun Ross is Assistant Teaching Professor at Victoria College, University of Toronto, where he currently serves as coordinator for both the Renaissance Studies and the Literature and Critical Theory programs. At Victoria College, he also supports and promotes undergraduate research across the disciplines.

Résumé

The Eucharist, Poetics, and Secularization from the Middle Ages to Milton explains the astonishing centrality of the eucharist to English poets writing from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries.

Texte suppl.

Literary critics, historians of the English church, and even poets have much to learn from this book's thoughtful engagement with eucharistic poetry, as well as the pasts it embodies and their persistence in the modern human imaginary.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Shaun Ross, Shaun (Assistant Teaching Professor Ross
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.04.2023
• EAN: 9780192872876
• ISBN: 978-0-19-287287-6
• Pages: 296
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Christianisme; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets