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Forms of Faith: Literary form and religious conflict in Early Modern England
Jonathan Baldo
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This book explores the role of literature as a means of mediating religious conflict in early modern England. Marking a new stage in the 'religious turn' that generated vigorous discussion of the changes and conflicts brought about by the Reformation, it unites new historicist readings with an interest in the ideological significance of aesthetic form. It proceeds from the assumption that confessional differences did not always erupt into hostilities but that people also had to arrange themselves with divided loyalties - between the old faith and the new, between religious and secular interests, between officially sanctioned and privately held beliefs. ... Read more
This book explores the role of literature as a means of mediating religious conflict in early modern England. Marking a new stage in the 'religious turn' that generated vigorous discussion of the changes and conflicts brought about by the Reformation, it unites new historicist readings with an interest in the ideological significance of aesthetic form. It proceeds from the assumption that confessional differences did not always erupt into hostilities but that people also had to arrange themselves with divided loyalties - between the old faith and the new, between religious and secular interests, between officially sanctioned and privately held beliefs. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719096815
SKU
V9780719096815
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About Jonathan Baldo
Jonathan Baldo is Professor of English at the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester, New York Isabel Karremann is Professor of English Literature at the University of Wurzburg, Germany -- .
Reviews for Forms of Faith: Literary form and religious conflict in Early Modern England
'The well-crafted essays in this interesting collection share the assumption that the diversity of communicative media in early modern culture-including literary genres, festive practices, and sacramental rituals-helped cultivate a generalized interest in imagining what the thought of religious pluralization and its irenic potential (p. 2) might look and feel like in an era officially marked by confessional strife.' ... Read more