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UNINA9910455144103321 |
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Autore |
Sinfield Alan |
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Titolo |
Literature in Protestant England, 1560-1660 [[electronic resource] /] / Alan Sinfield |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abindon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2009 |
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1-135-22850-7 |
1-282-25624-6 |
9786612256240 |
0-203-87134-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (154 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
Christianity and literature |
Protestantism and literature |
Reformation - England |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Intellectual life 16th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Foreword; 1 Theoretical perspectives; 2 Protestantism: a belief of contradictories; 3 Puritan humanists; 4 Who bids abstain?; 5 Heroic assertion; 6 Providence and tragedy; 7 The reformation and secular society; Editions Cited; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The hardline, uncompromising theology preached by the English Church in the 16th and 17th Centuries had disturbing effects on the literature of the period. This study, originally published in 1983, assesses the importance of the prevailing religious climate to the work of several major writers, both in and out of sympathy with the contemporary protestantism. It is argued that the accepted view of the period as essentially 'Christian-Humanist' obscures the harsher aspects of a Calvinism which throws into relief the agonies of a writer like |
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