Pan-Protestant heroism in early modern Europe / Kevin Chovanec.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chovanec, Kevin, author.

Series:

Early modern literature in history (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Early modern literature in history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestant literature--History and criticism.

Protestant literature.

English literature--Protestant authors--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--Protestant authors.

Heroes--Religious aspects.

Heroes.

Heroes in literature.

Physical Description:

vii, 283 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

Summary:

"A study of the challenges posed to an emerging English nationalism that stemmed from the powerful appeal exerted by the leaders of the international Protestant cause. By considering a range of texts, including poetry, plays, pamphlets, and religious writing, the study reads this heroic tradition as a 'connected literary history', a project shared by Protestants throughout northern Europe, which opened up both collaboration among writers from these different regions and new possibilities for communal identification"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: "But one body"

early modern transnational Protestantism and English literature

The Dutch Revolt and the pan-Protestant literary sphere

Henry, Prince of Wales, and Britain's lost Renaissance

"A league that shall not end till Thamesand Rhine leave off to run": dreams of an Anglo-German Protestant empire

Gustavus Adolphus, circulation, and liberty as a heroic virtue

Coda: Oliver Cromwell and the legacy of pan-Protestant heroism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783030407049

3030407047

OCLC:

1135570153