TY - BOOK AU - Gibbons,Daniel R. TI - Conflicts of devotion: liturgical poetics in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England SN - 9780268101374 AV - PR508.R4 G53 2017 U1 - 821/.309382 23 PY - 2017///] CY - Notre Dame, Indiana PB - University of Notre Dame Press KW - Religious poetry, English KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - History and criticism KW - Christian poetry, English KW - Liturgy and literature KW - Christianity and literature KW - Literature and society KW - England KW - London KW - History KW - 16th century KW - 17th century KW - Liturgie et littérature KW - Christianisme et littérature KW - Littérature et société KW - Angleterre KW - Londres KW - Histoire KW - 16e siècle KW - 17e siècle KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - European KW - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh KW - bisacsh KW - RELIGION KW - Christian Rituals & Practice KW - Worship & Liturgy KW - Christianity KW - Literature & the Arts KW - POETRY KW - Early modern KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Who will mourn with me? Who will break bread with me? Who is my neighbor? In the wake of the religious reformations of the sixteenth century, such questions called for a new approach to the communal religious rituals and verses that shaped and commemorated many of the brightest and darkest moments of English life. In England, new forms of religious writing emerged out of a deeply fractured spiritual community. Conflicts of Devotion reshapes our understanding of the role that poetry played in the re-formation of English community, and shows us that understanding both the poetics of liturgy and the liturgical character of poetry is essential to comprehending the deep shifts in English spiritual attitudes and practices that occurred during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The liturgical, communitarian perspective of Conflicts of Devotion sheds new light on neglected texts and deepens our understanding of how major writers such as Edmund Spenser, Robert Southwell, and John Donne struggled to write their way out of the spiritual and social crises of the age of the Reformation. It also sheds new light on the roles that poetry may play in negotiating--and even overcoming--religious conflict. Attention to liturgical poetics allows us to see the broad spectrum of ways in which English poets forged new forms of spiritual community out of the very language of theological division. This book will be of great interest to teachers and students of early modern poetry and of the various fields related to reformation studies: history, politics, and theology. "Conflicts of Devotion is exceptionally well-written and is subtly and persuasively argued, advancing scholarship in such important ways as to change our ways of thinking about the major poets of this period. It will have special value to graduate students and young academics looking for an approach to their own writing."--Gerard Wegemer, University of Dallas"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1477718 ER -