Treacherous faith : the specter of heresy in early modern English literature and culture /
'Treacherous Faith' is a major study of heresy and the literary imagination from the English Reformation to the Restoration. It analyzes both canonical and lesser-known writers who contributed to fears about the contagion of heresy, as well as those who challenged cultural constructions of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 'Treacherous Faith' is a major study of heresy and the literary imagination from the English Reformation to the Restoration. It analyzes both canonical and lesser-known writers who contributed to fears about the contagion of heresy, as well as those who challenged cultural constructions of heresy and the rhetoric of fear-mongering. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 497 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 438-468) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191504884 0191504882 9780191762796 0191762792 |