The Poetry of Immanence : Sacrament in Donne and Herbert.
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TextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (239 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442682054
- Donne, John,-1572-1631-Criticism and interpretation
- Herbert, George,-1593-1633-Criticism and interpretation
- Christian poetry, English-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism
- Christianity and literature-England-History-17th century
- Immanence of God in literature
- Lord's Supper in literature
- Sacraments in literature
- PR2248 .W47 2002
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction: The Eucharist and the English Reformation -- 1 Secular Verse of the Religious Man: Donne and Sacrament at Play -- 2 Sacrament and Grace -- 3 Eating the Word: Donne's 1626 Christmas Sermon -- 4 Heart's Altar: Herbert and Presence -- 5 Sacramental Puritanism: Herbert's English via media -- 6 Poetry and Self: The Eucharistic Art of Devotion -- Conclusion: Sacramental Poetics -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
In this extensive study of two of the most celebrated seventeenth-century religious poets, Robert Whalen examines the role of sacrament in the formation of early modern religious subjectivity.
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