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Early Modern Metaphysical Literature Michael Morgan Holmes

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature By Michael Morgan Holmes

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature by Michael Morgan Holmes

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Summary

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature illuminates now-obscured aspects of cultural negotiation and denaturalization germane to numerous Metaphysical texts.

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature Summary

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature: Nature, Custom and Strange Desires by Michael Morgan Holmes

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature illuminates now-obscured aspects of cultural negotiation and denaturalization germane to numerous Metaphysical texts. Examining poetry and prose by Donne, Marvell, Lanyer, Crashaw, and Edward Herbert, this book challenges readers to recognize the provocative strangeness of these writings in their original contexts and today.

Early Modern Metaphysical Literature Reviews

'A witty, learned, and always intelligent book.' - Linda Woodbridge, The Pennsylvania State University

'The congenial, witty author who introduces himself on page 1 makes this book, from start to finish, a genuine pleasure to read. With good reason Michael Holmes claims spiritual kinship with Montaigne. Like Montaigne in dialogue with the ancients, Holmes in dialogue with the metaphysicals - Edward Herbert, John Donne, Andrew Marvell, Aemilia Lanyer, Richard Crashaw - charms his subjects into revealing new sides of themselves and their work, particularly with regard to desire, nature and custom. Deconstruction has never been so delightful.' - Bruce R.Smith, Professor of English, Georgetown University

About Michael Morgan Holmes

MICHAEL MORGAN HOLMES has published widely on early modern literature, culture, and sexuality, as well as a study of Italo-Canadian poet Mary di Michele. Holmes has taught at McGill, the Universite de Montreal, Wilfred Laurier University, and Brock University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction: Sublunary Things Strangeness and Desire Edward Herbert: Handsome, Chivalrous, and Strange Green Desires: Andrew Marvell and the Pursuit of Pleasure Rich Chains of Love: Desire and Community in Aemilia Lanyer's S alve Deus Rex Judoeorum The Science of Possession: Conscience and Hagiology in Early Stuart England Saints and Sinners for the Millennium Index

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NPB9780333760215
9780333760215
0333760212
Early Modern Metaphysical Literature: Nature, Custom and Strange Desires by Michael Morgan Holmes
Michael Morgan Holmes
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2001-01-19
204
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