Politics, Religion and the Song of Songs in Seventeenth-Century England [electronic resource] /
Clarke, E.author.
The Song of Songs , with its highly sexual imagery, was very popular in seventeenth-century England in commentary and paraphrase. This book charts the fascination with the mystical marriage, its implication in the various political conflicts of the seventeenth century, and its appeal to seventeenth-century writers, particularly women.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on reference to the text; Introduction; 1 Royal Brides and National Identity, 1603-25; 2 The Mysticall Marriage, Martyrology and Arminianism, 1625-40; 3 Emblematic Marriage at the 1630s Court; 4 From Annotations to Commentary: New Spectacles on the Song of Songs; 5 The Seventeenth-Century Woman Writer and the Bride; 6 Politics, Metaphor and the Song of Songs in the 1670s; Epilogue: Benjamin Keach Rewriting the Bride; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Song of Songs , with its highly sexual imagery, was very popular in seventeenth-century England in commentary and paraphrase. This book charts the fascination with the mystical marriage, its implication in the various political conflicts of the seventeenth century, and its appeal to seventeenth-century writers, particularly women.
Bible.
Bible.
British literature.
Theology.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern.
Europe—History—1492-.
British and Irish Literature.
Christian Theology.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
History of Early Modern Europe.