The sacred and profane in English Renaissance literature
By: edited by Mary A. Papazian.
Contributors: Papazian, Mary Arshagouni, 1959-
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780874130256
Subjects: English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Devotional literature, English -- History and criticism; Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Religion and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Holy, The, in literature; Secularism in literature; Sacred space in literature; Civilization, Secular; Renaissance -- England; Christian literature, English -- History and criticism; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
Description: "This collection of thirteen original essays focuses squarely on the question of how properly to define the intersection between the sacred and profane in early modern English literature. Growing out of the work of church historians of the previous decade, and the renewed interest in our own time in questions of how the religious and secular realms overlap and (re)define each other, the contributors to this volume focus their attention on defining anew the tension between the sacred and profane in this period. Fundamental to this reframing is a strong belief among all contributors that the sacred and profane must be defined in relation to each other. Thus, the essays in this volume seek to advance more nuanced approaches to these issues that enable us to move beyond simplistic categories whereby the sacred and profane - and sacred and profane literature - occupied several different spheres, were produced by different writers, and spoke to different audiences."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-367) and index.