Ceremony and Community from Herbert to Milton: Literature, Religion
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This book examines the relationship between literature and religious conflict in seventeenth-century England, showing how literary texts grew out of and addressed the contemporary controversy over ceremonial worship. Examining the meaning and function of religion in seventeenth-century England, Achsah Guibbory shows that the conflicts over religious ceremony that were central to the English Revolution had broad cultural significance. She offers new and original readings of Herbert, Herrick, Browne and Milton in this context.
Author: Achsah Guibbory (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Format: Hardback, 292 pages, 159mm x 236mm, 535 g
Published: 1998, Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom
Genre: Literary Criticism
Description
This book examines the relationship between literature and religious conflict in seventeenth-century England, showing how literary texts grew out of and addressed the contemporary controversy over ceremonial worship. Examining the meaning and function of religion in seventeenth-century England, Achsah Guibbory shows that the conflicts over religious ceremony that were central to the English Revolution had broad cultural significance. She offers new and original readings of Herbert, Herrick, Browne and Milton in this context.
Ceremony and Community from Herbert to Milton: Literature, Religion