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1 online resource (228 pages) |
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text file PDF |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sacrament, Time, and Space in the Tudor and Stuart English Nativity Lyric -- The Christ Child on Fire: Southwell's Mighty Babe -- "Kisse Him, and with Him into Egypt Goe": John Donne and the Christ Child of "Nativitie" -- "My Saviour's Face": George Herbert's "Starre" and the Vanishing Christ Child -- "Wisest Fate Says No": Milton's Nativity Ode -- "We Kis't the Cradle of Our King": Affection, Awe, and Abridging the Laws of Time in Crashaw -- Conclusion: The Christ Child: Little Boy Lost. |
| Summary |
In the seventeenth century many leading poets wrote poems about Christ's infancy, though charm and sweetness were not the leading note. Because these poets were university-educated classicists--many of them also Catholic or Anglican priests--they wrote in an elevated style, with elevated language, and their concerns were deeply theological as well as poetic. In an age of religious controversy, their poems had controversial elements, and because these poems were mostly intended for private use and limited circulation, they were not generally singable hymns of public celebration of Christ's birth. However far from dry academic pieces, these poems offer a wide variety of approaches to both their subject, the infant Jesus, and the means of presenting it. All Wonders in One Sight examines the ways in which early modern English poets understood and accomplished the poetic task of representing Christ as both Child and God. Focusing on the intellectual and theological content of the poems as well as the devotional aims of the poets, Theresa M. Kenney aims to reveal their understandings of divine immanence and the sacrament of the Eucharist."-- Provided by publisher. |
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Jesus Christ -- In literature.
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Jesus Christ. |
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Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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Religious poetry, English -- History and criticism.
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English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance |
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Christian poetry, English -- Early modern. |
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English poetry -- Early modern. |
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Literature. |
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Religious poetry, English. |
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1500-1700 |
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Christ child. |
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Christmas poetry. |
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Eucharist. |
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George Herbert. |
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John Donne. |
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John Milton. |
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Richard Crashaw. |
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Robert South Well. |
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baby Jesus. |
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metaphysical poetry. |
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nativity lyric. |
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nativity. |
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passion of Christ. |
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sacrament. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Literary criticism.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kenney, Theresa M. All wonders in one sight. Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2021 1487509065 9781487509064 (OCoLC)1223015267 |
| ISBN |
9781487539627 electronic book |
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1487539622 electronic book |
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9781487539610 electronic book |
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1487539614 electronic book |
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9781487509064 hardcover |
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1487509065 hardcover |
| Standard No. |
10.3138/9781487539610 |
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