Robert Southwell : snow in Arcadia : redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586-95 / Anne Sweeney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sweeney, Anne.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Christian poetry, English.

Southwell, Robert, Saint, 1561?-1595.

Southwell, Robert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has traditionally been held that Robert Southwell's poetry offers a curious view of Elizabethan England, one that is from the restricted perspective of a priest-hole. This book dismantles that idea by examining the poetry, word by word, discovering layers of new meanings, hidden emblems, and sharp critiques of Elizabeth's courtiers, and even of the ageing queen herself.Using both the most recent edition of Southwell's poetry and manuscript materials, it addresses both poetry and private writings including letters and diary material to give dramatic context to the radicalisation of a generat

Contents:

9780719074189; 9780719074189; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction Ben Jonson's admiration for Southwell's'Burning Babe'; Chapter 1 Rome: the discernment of angels; Chapter 2 The Spiritual Exercises: the 'inward eie'; Chapter 3 Hidden ways and secret veins: into England; Chapter 4 The flight of angels: England's altered confidence; Chapter 5 Snow in Arcadia: rewriting the English lyric landscape; Chapter 6 Southwell's war of words; Chapter 7 The 'performing Word': Southwell's sacralised poetic; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78170-119-9

1-84779-191-3

OCLC:

818847283