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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462671503321

Autore

Chapman Alison <1970-, >

Titolo

Patrons and patron saints in early modern English literature / / Alison A. Chapman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-97268-9

0-203-07754-7

1-135-13232-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; ; 21

Disciplina

820.9/003

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Authors and patrons - England - History - 16th century

Authors and patrons - England - History - 17th century

Christian patron saints

Saints in literature

Religion and literature - England - History - 16th century

Religion and literature - England - History - 17th century

Literary patrons - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The patrons of heaven and earth -- National saints and The faerie queene -- Jonson's hagiographic parody -- Saints, guilds, and players in Shakespeare's histories -- Drayton, the Middle Ages, and the genii loci -- Donne's hagiographic tolerance -- Milton and the border saints.

Sommario/riassunto

This book visits the fact that, in the pre-modern world, saints and lords served structurally similar roles, acting as patrons to those beneath them on the spiritual or social ladder with the word ""patron"" used to designate both types of elite sponsor. Chapman argues that this elision of patron saints and patron lords remained a distinctive feature of the early modern English imagination and that it is central to some of the key works of literature in the period. Writers like Jonson, Shakespeare, Spenser, Drayton, Donne and, Milton all use medieval patron saints in



order to represent and