Early modern literature and the bodies of a reformed Eucharist /
Examining what the eucharist taught early modern writers about their bodies and how it shaped the bodies they wrote about, this book shows how the exegetical roots of the Eucharistic controversy in 16th century England had very material and embodied consequences. Sandberg provides new insights into...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2025.
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| Series: | New directions in religion and literature.
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| Summary: | Examining what the eucharist taught early modern writers about their bodies and how it shaped the bodies they wrote about, this book shows how the exegetical roots of the Eucharistic controversy in 16th century England had very material and embodied consequences. Sandberg provides new insights into how Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, John Donne and Aemilia Lanyer use the reformed eucharistic paradigm to imagine the embodied significance of the sacrament for their own bodies, the bodies of their narrative subjects, and the body of their literary work. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 171 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [153]-168) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781350452893 1350452890 9781350454057 1350454052 |