All wonders in one sight : the Christ child among the Elizabethan and Stuart poets /

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In the seventeenth century many leading poets wrote poems about Christ's infancy, though charm and sweetness were not the leading note. Because these poets were university-educated classicists--many of them also Catholic or Anglican priests--they wrote in an elevated style, with elevated langua...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kenney, Theresa M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > In literature.
Jesus Christ.
1500-1700
Christian poetry, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Religious poetry, English > History and criticism.
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Poésie religieuse anglaise > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance
Christian poetry, English > Early modern.
English poetry > Early modern.
Literature.
Religious poetry, English.
Christ child.
Christmas poetry.
Eucharist.
George Herbert.
John Donne.
John Milton.
Richard Crashaw.
Robert South Well.
baby Jesus.
metaphysical poetry.
nativity lyric.
nativity.
passion of Christ.
sacrament.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Sacrament, Time, and Space in the Tudor and Stuart English Nativity Lyric
  • The Christ Child on Fire: Southwell's Mighty Babe
  • "Kisse Him, and with Him into Egypt Goe": John Donne and the Christ Child of "Nativitie"
  • "My Saviour's Face": George Herbert's "Starre" and the Vanishing Christ Child
  • "Wisest Fate Says No": Milton's Nativity Ode
  • "We Kis't the Cradle of Our King": Affection, Awe, and Abridging the Laws of Time in Crashaw
  • Conclusion: The Christ Child: Little Boy Lost.

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