Alison Chapman

Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book visits the fact that, in the pre-modern world, saints and lords served structurally similar roles, acting as patrons to those beneath them on the spiritual or social ladder with the word "patron" used to designate both types of elite sponsor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 254
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9781138118591
• ISBN-10: 1138118591
• Artikelnr.: 57047339

Autorenporträt

Alison Chapman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, US.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The Patrons of Heaven and Earth Chapter 2: National Saints and The Faerie Queene Chapter 3: Jonson's Hagiographic Parody Chapter 4: Saints
Guilds
and Players in Shakespeare's Histories Chapter 5: Drayton
the Middle Ages
and the Genii Loci Chapter 6: Donne's Hagiographic Tolerance Chapter 7: Milton and the Border Saints Notes Bibliography Index