| Refiguring the Sacred Feminine: The Poems of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer and John Milton Contributor(s): DiPasquale, Theresa M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820704059 ISBN-13: 9780820704050 Publisher: Penn State University Press OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Social Science | Gender Studies |
| Dewey: 821.309 |
| LCCN: 2007051592 |
| Series: Medieval & Renaissance Literary Studies |
| Physical Information: 400 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Theresa M. DiPasquale's study of John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton demonstrates how each of these seventeenth century English poets revised, reformed, and renewed the Judeo-Christian tradition of the sacred feminine. The central figures of this tradition--divine Wisdom, created Wisdom, the Bride, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and Ecclesia--are essential to the works of Donne, Lanyer, and Milton. All three poets are deeply invested in the ancient, scripturally authorized belief that the relationship between God and humankind is gendered: God is father, bridegroom, king; the human soul and the church as corporate entity are daughter, bride, and consort. This important text not only casts new light on these poets and on the history of Christian doctrine and belief, but also makes enormous contributions to our understanding of the feminine more broadly. It will be of interest to scholars who study the Literary Studies, religion, and culture of early modern England, to feminist theologians, and to any reader grappling seriously with gender issues in Christian theology and spirituality. |
Contributor Bio(s): DiPasquale, Theresa M.: - Theresa M. DiPasquale is associate professor of English at Whitman College. Her work on John Donne, Aemilia Lanyer, and John Milton has appeared in Modern Philology, John Donne Journal, Philological Quarterly, and The Journal of English and Germanic Philology. She is the author of Literature and Sacrament: The Sacred and Secular in John Donne. She served as president of the John Donne Society in 2007-08. |
