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



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Autore: Chapman Alison <1970-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Patrons and patron saints in early modern English literature / / Alison A. Chapman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
Disciplina: 820.9/003
Soggetto topico: 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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: Patrons and patron saints in early modern English literature  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-97268-9
0-203-07754-7
1-135-13232-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910462671503321
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Serie: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture