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The Poetics of Conversion in Early Modern English Literature: Verse and Change from Donne to Dryden - Softcover

Murray, Molly

 
9781107402829: The Poetics of Conversion in Early Modern English Literature: Verse and Change from Donne to Dryden
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1107402824 ISBN 13: 9781107402829
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This book considers the poetry written by converts between Catholic and Protestant churches within post-Reformation England.

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Book Description

Christians in post-Reformation England inhabited a culture of conversion. Early modern men and women were required to choose among forms of Christian worship, especially between the rival forms of Protestantism and Catholicism. This book considers such conversions as catalysts for some of the most innovative devotional poetry of the period.

About the Author

Molly Murray is Assistant Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. She has published articles on medieval and Renaissance literature and culture in English Literary History, Studies in English Literature, and a variety of edited collections, including Catholic Culture in Early Modern England, edited by Ronald Corthell, Frances Dolan, Christopher Highley, and Arthur Marotti (2007).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1107402824
ISBN 13 
9781107402829
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
218