Witnessing to the faith : absolutism and the conscience in John Donne's England / Shanyn Altman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Altman, Shanyn, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain

Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Despotism in literature.

Catholics--England--History--17th century.

Catholics.

Church and state--England--History--17th century.

Church and state.

Martyrdom in literature.

Conformity in literature.

Oaths in literature.

Loyalty in literature.

Catholics in literature.

Politics and literature.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation.

Donne, John.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Great Britain--History--James I, 1603-1625.

Great Britain.

Donne, John, 1572-1631.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

ix, 184 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Biography/History:

Shanyn Altman is a Teaching Fellow in English Literature at the University of Leicester.

Summary:

"This study utilises John Donne's works concerning the Jacobean Settlement as a contextualised case study to examine a seriously pressing issue in contemporary society: the issue of Catholic loyalism post-1603 and the disputes that thistopic sparked over the matter of conformity.Altman examines Donne's polemic in line with the vast expanse of literature relating to the pamphlet war and situates Donne's arguments within a strong contemporary tradition of conformist thought. Within this context, the study argues that Donne articulated a theory of royal absolutism that would have struck home with many contemporaries who, whether Catholic or not, were faced with a regime determined to bring them into conformity. It further contends that the religio-political standpoint represented by Donne was not only fairly obvious to the English state but was also widely accepted by it."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Situating John Donne within post-Reformation studies

Absolutism and the moderation of religion

Resistance theory, tyrannicide and the trope of the 'Evil Jesuit'

Volunteerism and self-sovereignty in discourses on martyrdom

Conclusion: John Donne studies and the "Revisionist" paradigm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [163]-179) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Altman, Shanyn. Witnessing to the faith.

ISBN:

9781526154842

1526154846

OCLC:

1356891502

Publisher Number:

90102328628