Patrick J McGrath

Early Modern Asceticism

Literature, Religion, and Austerity in the English Renaissance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Challenging contemporary perceptions of the ascetic in the early modern period, this book explores asceticism as a vital site of religious conflict and literary creativity, rather than merely a vestige of a medieval past.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 168mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781487505325
• ISBN-10: 1487505329
• Artikelnr.: 55893864

Autorenporträt

Patrick J. McGrath is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. John Donne and Asceticism      
2. A Mask, Asceticism, and Caroline Culture    
3. The Virgin’s Body and the Natural World in Lycidas   
4. Upon Appleton House and the Impossibility of Asceticism  
5. Self-Denial, Monasticism, and The Pilgrim’s Progress
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index