Confessions of Faith in Early Modern England.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (236 pages)
Cover -- Contents -- Note on Spelling and Punctuation -- Introduction. Controversy and Autobiography -- PART I. OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE -- Chapter 1. James VI and I and the Autobiographical Double Bind -- Chapter 2. Conversion and Confession in Donne's Prose -- PART II. PERSONAL CREDOS -- Chapter 3. Milton and Autobiography in Crisis -- Chapter 4. Thomas Browne's Uneasy Confession of Faith -- PART III. LOYAL DISSENTS? -- Chapter 5. John Bunyan's Double Autobiography -- Chapter 6. James II and the End of the Confession of Faith -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Acknowledgments.
In speeches, political pamphlets, and other works of religious controversy, writers from the reign of James I to that of James II unexpectedly erupt into autobiography. Brooke Conti positions these texts as products of the era's tense political climate.
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English literature-Early modern, 1500-1700-History and criticism. Religion and literature-England-History-17th century. Authors, English-Religious life. Autobiography-Religious aspects.