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Politics, religion and the Song of songs in seventeenth-century England / by Elizabeth Clarke.
Van Pelt Library BS1485.52 .C54 2011
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) BS1485.52 .C54 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clarke, Elizabeth, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Song of Solomon--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Song of Solomon--Influence.
- Bible. Song of Solomon.
- England--Church history--17th century.
- England.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 265 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Summary:
- This book explores the use of the Biblical text of the Song of Songs in seventeenth-century England.
- Contents:
- Royal brides and national identity 1603-1625
- The bysticall marriage, martyology and Arminianism 1625-1640
- Emblematic marriage at the 1630s court
- From annotations to commentary: new spectacles on the Song of songs
- The seventeenth-century woman writer and the Bride
- Politics, metaphor and the Song of songs in the 1670s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780333714119
- 0333714113
- OCLC:
- 148906485
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