Literature in Protestant England, 1560-1660 (Routledge Revivals)Routledge, 15 juil. 2009 - 172 pages The hardline, uncompromising theology preached by the English Church in the 16th and 17th Centuries had disturbing effects on the literature of the period. This study, originally published in 1983, assesses the importance of the prevailing religious climate to the work of several major writers, both in and out of sympathy with the contemporary protestantism. It is argued that the accepted view of the period as essentially 'Christian-Humanist' obscures the harsher aspects of a Calvinism which throws into relief the agonies of a writer like Donne, the acceptances of one like George Herbert. Many writers rejected more or less explicitly the Christian dogma, through the heroic assertion of human potential in Shakespearean and other dramatic characters, the nihilism of Marlowe, or the secular rationalism of Bacon and Hobbes. Milton is central to this complex weft of belief and rejection, piety and atheism, acceptance of predestination and determination to accept fate, that characterises the period. Finally, Sinfield shows how this protestantism disintegrated under the strain of internal contradictions and external pressures, and in the process helped to stimulate secularism. In this original and clearly written book, scholarship is deployed unobstrusively to place many major works in an unaccustomed and stimulating perspective. |
À l'intérieur du livre
Résultats 1-5 sur 79
... Protestantism. It is argued that the accepted view of the period as essentially 'ChristianHumanist' obscures the harsher aspects of a Calvinism which throws into relief the agonies of a writer like Donne, the acceptances of one like ...
... Protestantism and literature. 4. Reformation— England. 5. Great Britain—Intellectual life—16th century. I. Title. PR419.R4S58 1983 820'.9'382 82–18408 ISBN 0-203-87 134-0 Master e-book ISBN |SBN 0-389-20341-6 |SBN 0–7099-2367–8 To My ...
... protestantism. The appeal of “Christian Humanism” to many modern interpreters is that it is either close to their own outlook or can without too much strain be reconciled with it. Thus they appear to confirm their ideology from ...
... it was widely mistrusted. On the one hand, protestantism was the most fully articulated system of belief and it had the authority of state, church and educational system. Such an orthodoxy cannot for an indefinite period.
... protestantism (as we shall see) in respect of human potential, ethics, literature, religion, sexuality and politics. The nascent empiricism associated with Machiavelli and Bacon also promoted a rival view of the world. This protestantism ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Literature in Protestant England, 1560-1660 (Routledge Revivals) Alan Sinfield Aucun aperçu disponible - 2009 |