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Refiguring the sacred feminine : the poems of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton / Theresa DiPasquale.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DiPasquale, Theresa M., 1962- author.
- Series:
- Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
- Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation.
- Donne, John.
- Lanyer, Aemilia--Criticism and interpretation.
- Lanyer, Aemilia.
- Milton, John, 1608-1674--Criticism and interpretation.
- Milton, John.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English poetry.
- Christian poetry, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Christian poetry, English.
- Women in literature.
- Women--Religious aspects.
- Women.
- Femininity--Religious aspects.
- Femininity.
- Femininity (Philosophy) in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 392 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : Duquesne University Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "A study of the sacred feminine as it is understood in the works of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton, each of whom reformed and envisioned several important Christian archetypes: Ecclesia, the Blessed Virgin Mary, Divine Wisdom, and the soul as bride of Christ"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- COVER Front
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Notes to INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: DONNE IN THE LATE ELIZABETHAN AND EARLY JACOBEAN MILIEUX
- Chapter 2: THE FEMININE TRINITY IN "THE ANNUNTIATION AND PASSION
- Chapter 3: DONNE'S AMBIVALENT MOURNING: WOMAN AS MORTAL SACRAMENT
- Chapter 4: DONNE'S "SHOW ME DEARE CHRIST" AND AUGUSTINE' SEXPOSITION OF PSALM 33
- Chapter 5: SACRAMENTAL POETICS AND RIGHT READING IN THE ANNIVERSARIES
- Chapter 6: THE FINAL CAUSE OF SACRAMENTAL WOMANHOOD IN THE FIRST ANNIVERSARIE
- Chapter 7: MOVING BEYOND EARTHLY WOMANHOOD IN "A FUNERALL ELEGIE" AND THE SECOND ANNIVERSARIE
- Chapter 8: LANYER AS ANTI-JACOBEAN AND NEO-ELIZABETHAN TRANSLATOR OF SCRIPTURE
- Chapter 9: LANYER'S INCARNATIONAL POETICS
- Chapter 10: THE WOMANHOOD OF THE CHURCH AND THE PRIESTHOOD OF WOMAN
- Chapter 11: LANYER'S CRITIQUE OF APOSTOLIC PRIESTHOOD
- Chapter 12: SACRED EROS IN SALVE DEUS
- Chapter 13: NVISIONING HETEROSEXUAL ALTERNATIVES TO PAULINE MARRIAGE
- Chapter 14: LANYER'S ARTFUL AND NATURAL HOMOEROTICS
- Chapter 15: MATERNAL WISDOM AND PASTORAL MINISTRY IN ARCADES
- Chapter 16: ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE AND VIRGINAL WISDOM IN A MASK
- Chapter 17: EVE AND WISDOM IN PARADISE LOST
- Chapter 18: JESUS AS SON AND STUDENT OF MARY IN PARADISE REGAINED
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-381) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780820705194
- 0820705195
- OCLC:
- 794700839
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