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Theologies of language in English Renaissance literature : reading Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumlin, James S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2012]
Subjects:
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Rhetoric.
English language > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Style.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Hamlet.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631. > Songs and sonets.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674. > Lycidas.
Religion in literature.
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude : on reading rhetorically
  • Acknowledgments
  • "Resistless eloquence"
  • Hamlet's sorcery
  • "Scourge" or "minister"
  • The Donnean doubting-game
  • Love's atheist : reading Donne's "Communitie"
  • "The token" among Donne's songs and sonnets
  • "Outward preaching" vs. "inward persuasion"
  • The Protestant allegory of "Lycidas"
  • Milton's "rhetoric of certitude"
  • Postlude : from "enthusiasm" to enlightenment.