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Queen of Heaven : The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin in Early Modern English Writing.

Grindlay, Lilla.

Queen of Heaven : The Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin in Early Modern English Writing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (311 pages) - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series . - ReFormations: Medieval and Early Modern Series .

Cover -- Half Title -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on the Text -- Introduction: The Vanishing Virgin? -- 1. The Virgin's Assumption and Coronation through the Ages -- Part I. "Some Out of Vanity Will Call Her the Queene of Heaven" -- 2. The Queen of Heaven in Protestant Religious Discourse -- 3. Sham Queens of Heaven: Iconoclasm and the Virgin Mary -- Part II. Voices from the Shadows -- 4. The Virgin Mary and the Godly Protestant Woman -- 5. The Queen of Heaven and the Sonnet Mistress: The Sacred and Secular Poems of Henry Constable -- 6. A Garland of Aves: The Queen of Heaven and the Rosary -- 7. The Assumption and Coronation in the Poetry of Robert Southwell -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Grindlay's study of the Virgin Mary affords an insight into England's religious pluralism and how images of Mary became sources of resistance and controversy during the Reformation.

9780268104115


Literary Criticism.
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Electronic books.

PR428.M367 .G75 2018

820.9/38232914

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