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Prayer and performance in early modern English literature : gesture, word, and devotion /

Early modern England was a nation alive with intense religious debate, with often violent results. Central to these debates were questions of prayer, questions powerful enough to splinter the English church and to fuel a ferocious civil war. This collection of thirteen newly commissioned essays trac...

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Other Authors:	Sterrett, Joseph (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Religion and literature > England > History > 16th century. Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century. Religion and culture > England > History > 16th century. Religion and culture > England > History > 17th century. Prayer > England > History > 16th century. Prayer > England > History > 17th century. Religion in literature. Reformation > England. English literature > Early modern. Prayer. Reformation. Religion and culture. Religion and literature. England. 1500-1700 Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.

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