The Poetry of Religious Sorrow in Early Modern England by Gary Kuchar (English)

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Kuchar explains how the discourses of 'devout melancholy' helped generate some of the most engaging religious verse of the early modern period. From Robert Southwell to John Milton, from Aemilia Lanyer to John Donne, Kuchar expands our understanding of the interconnections between poetry, theology and emotion in post-Reformation England.

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In early modern England, religious sorrow was seen as a form of spiritual dialogue between the soul and God, expressing how divine grace operates at the level of human emotion. Through close readings of both Protestant and Catholic poetry, Kuchar explains how the discourses of 'devout melancholy' helped generate some of the most engaging religious verse of the period. From Robert Southwell to John Milton, from Aemilia Lanyer to John Donne, the language of 'holy mourning' informed how poets represented the most intimate and enigmatic aspects of faith as lived experience. In turn, 'holy mourning' served as a way of registering some of the most pressing theological issues of the day. By tracing poetic representations of religious sorrow from Crashaw's devotional verse to Shakespeare's weeping kings, Kuchar expands our understanding of the interconnections between poetry, theology and emotion in post-Reformation England.

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The poetry of tears and the ghost of Robert Southwell in Shakespeare's Richard II and Milton's Paradise Lost; 2. The poetry of tears and the metaphysics of Grief: Richard Crashaw's 'The Weeper'; 3. The poetry of tears and the metaphysics of grief: Andrew Marvell's 'Eyes and Tears'; 4. Sad delight: theology and Marian iconography in Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum; 5. Petrarchism and repentance in John Donne's Holy Sonnets; 6. John Donne and the poetics of belatedness: typology, trauma, and testimony in An Anatomy of the World; Conclusion.

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This book offers an interpretation of the relations between theology and poetry in Milton, Donne, Shakespeare and others.

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This book offers an interpretation of the relations between theology and poetry in Milton, Donne, Shakespeare and others.

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Kuchar explains how the discourses of 'devout melancholy' helped generate some of the most engaging religious verse of the early modern period. From Robert Southwell to John Milton, from Aemilia Lanyer to John Donne, Kuchar expands our understanding of the interconnections between poetry, theology and emotion in post-Reformation England.

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Kuchar explains how the discourses of 'devout melancholy' helped generate some of the most engaging religious verse of the early modern period. From Robert Southwell to John Milton, from Aemilia Lanyer to John Donne, Kuchar expands our understanding of the interconnections between poetry, theology and emotion in post-Reformation England.

Details ISBN0521174422 Author Gary Kuchar Publisher Cambridge University Press ISBN-10 0521174422 ISBN-13 9780521174428 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1974 Year 2011 Short Title POETRY OF RELIGIOUS SORROW IN Language English Media Book Publication Date 2011-03-03 Pages 254 DEWEY 821.3093828 UK Release Date 2011-03-03 AU Release Date 2011-03-03 NZ Release Date 2011-03-03 Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises Alternative 9780511481444 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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