John Donne and conformity in crisis in the late Jacobean pulpit /

This book considers the professional contribution of John Donne to an emerging homiletic public sphere in the last years of the Jacobean English Church (1621-25), arguing that his sermons embody the conflicts, tensions, and pressures on public religious discourse in this period.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shami, Jeanne
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : D.S. Brewer, 2003.
Series:Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ; v. 13.
Subjects:
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Prose.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Religion.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631.
1600-1699
Christian literature, English > History and criticism.
Dissenters, Religious > England > History > 17th century.
Clergy > England > History > 17th century.
Sermons, English > 17th century > History and criticism.
Littérature chrétienne anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Dissidents (Religion) > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Clergé > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Sermons anglais > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Christian literature, English.
Clergy.
Criticism and interpretation.
Dissenters, Religious.
Religion.
Sermons, English.
England > Church history > 17th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 17e siècle.
England.
Church history.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Discreet or religious preachers"" John Donne and the late Jacobean Public sphere
  • "The indiscretion of that foole" : John Knight and the Jacobean pulpit, 1620-2
  • "The fishing of whales" : John Donne's sermons, 1620-2
  • "Faire interpretation" : the directions and the crisis of censorship
  • "Wise as serpents, and innocent as doves" : zeal and discretion in the pulpit, 1623-5
  • "Jesus wept" : the journey to Spain and pulpit lamentation
  • "Blinde buzzards in the choise of a wife" : sermonds and the moral marketplace
  • "The lovesick spouse" : parliament, patriots, and the public sphere
  • "Church-quakes" : post-parliamentary faultlines
  • "If the foundations be destroyed" : rules of engagement
  • "Blessed sobriety" : John donne, the public sphere, and Caroline Conformity.

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