Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-292) and index.
Contents:
Southwell's plaint : subjection and the representation of the recusant soul -- The gendering of God and the advent of the subject in Richard Crashaw -- Representation and embodiment in John Donne's Devotions upon emergent occasions -- "Organs of thy praise" : body, word and self in Thomas Traherne -- Conclusion : sacramental rhetoric in the time of the "wan ghost" : excess, subjection and spectrality.
Summary:
"Combines theoretically engaged analyses with historically contextualized close readings to open new ways of understanding the relations between devotional literature and early modern English culture"--Provided by publisher.
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