1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910821728303321

Autore

Mohamed Feisal G (Feisal Gharib), <1974->

Titolo

In the anteroom of divinity : the reformation of the angels from Colet to Milton / / Feisal G. Mohamed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-9261-8

1-4426-8832-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/38235309031

Soggetti

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

Angels in literature

Angels - History of doctrines

Christianity and literature - England - History - 16th century

Christianity and literature - England - History - 17th century

Reformation - England

History

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. John Colet's Ecclesiology and Dionysian Thought -- 2. Hooker and Spenser on the Celestial Hierarchy: The Decline of a Tradition? -- 3. Donne's Ideated Angels -- 4. Angelic Hierarchy in Milton and His Contemporaries -- 5. Raphael, the Celestial Physician -- 6. Michael of Celestial Armies Prince -- Index of Biblical Passages.

Sommario/riassunto

In the Anteroom of Divinity focuses on the persistence of Pseudo-Dionysian angelology in England's early modern period.