Patrons and patron saints in early modern English literature
By: by Alison A. Chapman
Series: Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture -- 21
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780415656849; 9780203077542
Subjects: English literature; Saints in literature; History and criticism; Religion and literature; Authors and patrons; Christian patron saints; Literary patrons; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The patrons of heaven and earth; title: National saints and The faerie queene; title: Jonson's hagiographic parody; title: Saints, guilds, and players in Shakespeare's histories; title: Drayton, the Middle Ages, and the genii loci; title: Donne's hagiographic tolerance; title: Milton and the border saints.