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28 mar 2008 · It is now more widely recognised than it was a hundred years ago that seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English society and culture was essentially religious in its institutions, practices and beliefs, and that writing on religious subjects dominated the publishing market.
The King James Bible (1611), his authorized translation, became a cornerstone of English literature and religious life. Charles I (1625–1649) inherited his father’s contentious relationship with Parliament. His personal rule (1629–1640), when he dissolved Parliament and governed without it, deepened the rift.
Barbour examines sermons and theological treatises to argue that Caroline religious culture comprised a rich and ex-tensive stocktaking of the conditions in which Protestantism was celebrated, undercut, and experienced.
The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660–1780 offers readers discussions of the entire range of literary expression from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century.
28 maj 2006 · Religious writing; By John N. King; Edited by Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Book: The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 1500–1600; Online publication: 28 May 2006; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CCOL0521582946.006
A comprehensive guide to English literature of the late Renaissance and Early 17th Century. Contains dozens of authors and hundreds of pages, including the biographies and works of John Donne, Francis Bacon, Ben Jonson, Robert Herrick, John Milton, and many others.
The Companion covers developments in poetry, prose, religious writing, drama, satire and humanism in fourteen newly-commissioned essays, written by experts for student readers. A detailed...
