Disciplinary measures from the metrical Psalms to Milton / Kenneth J.E. Graham (University of Waterloo, Canada).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Kenneth J. E. (Kenneth John Emerson), 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Religion.

Milton, John, 1608-1674.

Christian poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Christian poetry.

Protestantism and literature--History--17th century.

Protestantism and literature.

History.

Church discipline.

Protestantism in literature.

Religion.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Christian poetry.

Physical Description:

xiv, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Summary:

Disciplinary Measures from the Metrical Psalms to Milton studies the relationship between English poetry and church discipline in four carefully chosen bodies of poetry written between the Reformation and the death of John Milton. Its primary goal is to fill a gap in the field of Protestant poetics, which has never produced a study focused on the way in which poetry participates in and reflects on the post-Reformation English Church's attempts to govern conduct. Its secondary goal is to revise the understandings of discipline which social theorists and historians have offered, and which literary critics have largely accepted. It argues that knowledge of the early modern culture of discipline illuminates some important poetic traditions and some major English poets, and it shows that this poetry in turn throws light on verbal and affective aspects of the disciplinary process that prove difficult to access through other sources, challenging assumptions about the means of social control, the structures of authority, and the practical implications of doctrinal change. More specifically, Disciplinary Measures argues that while poetry can help us to understand the oppressive potential of church discipline, it can also help us to recover a more positive sense of discipline as a spiritual cure. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Disciplinary Parallels in the Psalms 43

2 Distributive Measures: Religion and Economics in the Writings of Robert Crowley 71

3 The Practice of Discipline in Herbert's "Church" 93

4 Milton and the Disciplinary Revolution 125.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-197) and index.

ISBN:

1472463455

9781472463456

OCLC:

938995440