In the anteroom of divinity
Subtitle: the reformation of the angels from Colet to Milton
By: Feisal G. Mohamed.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780802097927
Subjects: Pseudo-Dionysius, -- the Areopagite -- Influence; Pseudo-Dionysius, -- the Areopagite -- Influence; English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Angels in literature; Angels -- History of doctrines; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 16th century; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century; Reformation -- England; Littérature anglaise -- 1500-1700 (Moderne) -- Histoire et critique; Christianisme et littérature -- Angleterre -- histoire -- 16e siècle; Christianisme et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle; Réforme (Christianisme) -- Angleterre
Description: "In the Anteroom of Divinity focuses on the persistence of Pseudo-Dionysian angelology in England's early modern period. Beginning with a discussion of John Colet's commentary on Dionysius's twin hierarchies, Feisal G. Mohamed explores the significance of the Dionysian tradition to the conformism debate of the 1590s through works by Richard Hooker and Edmund Spenser. He then turns to John Donne and John Milton to shed light on their constructions of godly poetics, politics, and devotion, and provides the most extensive study of Milton's angelology in more than fifty years. With new philosophical, theological, and literary insights, this work offers a contribution to intellectual history and the history of religion in critical moments of the English Reformation."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.