1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996388181503316

Autore

Shepreve John <ca. 1509-1542.>

Titolo

Hyppolitus Ouidianæ Phædræ respondens, per Ioannem Schepreuum somatochristianum [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Oxford], : Excudebat Iosephus Barnesius typographus Oxoniensis, [1586]

Descrizione fisica

[80] p

Altri autori (Persone)

EtheregeGeorge, classical scholar

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Edited by George Etherege, whose name ("Georgius Edrychus") appears on *8r.

In verse.

Publication date from STC.

Signatures: * A-D.

Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library.

Some print show-through.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910805576603321

Autore

Yoong Regina

Titolo

“‘Faith’ is a fine invention” : Dickinson’s Performance of Doubt and Belief / / by Regina Yoong

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2024

ISBN

9789819996841

9819996848

Edizione

[1st ed. 2024.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Disciplina

809.034

Soggetti

Literature, Modern - 19th century

Poetry

Theology

Knowledge, Theory of

Nineteenth-Century Literature

Poetry and Poetics

Christian Theology

Epistemology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Epistemology and Faith -- 3. The Rejected and Rejecting Outcast -- 4. The Passive Supplicant -- 5. The Playful Warrior -- 6. Conclusion and “to dwell in Possibility”.

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers nineteenth-century American poet Emily Dickinson who captured the multifaceted nature of life in all of its uncertainties. Studies on her exploration of faith are ample, but in this book, the author uncovers Dickinson’s playful role-play in enacting solemn themes of religion, death, and the unknown. Dickinson’s creativity encompasses not only her use of language but also her poetic personae and self-created poetic stages inviting readers to question, contemplate deeply or even poke fun at life's absurdities. By using performative roles such as the rejected outcast, passive supplicant, and playful warrior, Dickinson unveils--through a paradoxical framework of belief and unbelief-- a line of inquiry that is multifocal and erratic to



“tell all the truth and tell it slant.” Regina Yoong Yui Jien is a former Fulbright educator and scholar from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She holds an M.A. in English Literature from the University of Malaya and a Ph.D. in Literary History from Ohio University. Her area of interest revolves around 19th-century Transatlantic Literature, especially concerning womanhood, religion, and the immigrant experience.