Theologies of language in English renaissance literature : reading Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton / James S. Baumlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumlin, James S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Rhetoric.

English language.

English language--Early modern, 1500-1700--Style.

Rhetoric, Renaissance.

Theology in literature.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Language.

Shakespeare, William.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Literary style.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Language.

Donne, John.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Literary style.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Language.

Milton, John.

Milton, John, 1608-1674--Literary style.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Redescribing renaissance literature as a battleground of competing "theologies of language," Baumlin reads Shakespeare's Hamlet, Donne's Songs and Sonets, and Milton's "Lycidas" within a revisionist history of rhetoric: these works, Baumlin argues, mark stages in the Weberian Entzauberung or "disenchantment" of literature, as they move from the word-magic of medieval Catholicism to a puritan-reformed "rhetoric of

Contents:

Prelude : on reading rhetorically

Acknowledgments

"Resistless eloquence"

Hamlet's sorcery

"Scourge" or "minister"

The Donnean doubting-game

Love's atheist : reading Donne's "Communitie"

"The token" among Donne's songs and sonnets

"Outward preaching" vs. "inward persuasion"

The Protestant allegory of "Lycidas"

Milton's "rhetoric of certitude"

Postlude : from "enthusiasm" to enlightenment.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-29270-8

1-282-13400-0

9786613806581

0-7391-6961-0

OCLC:

822017507