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Author Kenney, Theresa M., author.

Title All wonders in one sight : the Christ child among the Elizabethan and Stuart poets / Theresa M. Kenney
Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (228 pages)
Contents Sacrament, Time, and Space in the Tudor and Stuart English Nativity Lyric -- The Christ Child on Fire: Southwell's Mighty Babe -- "Kisse Him, and with Him into Egypt Goe": John Donne and the Christ Child of "Nativitie" -- "My Saviour's Face": George Herbert's "Starre" and the Vanishing Christ Child -- "Wisest Fate Says No": Milton's Nativity Ode -- "We Kis't the Cradle of Our King": Affection, Awe, and Abridging the Laws of Time in Crashaw -- Conclusion: The Christ Child: Little Boy Lost
Summary In the seventeenth century many leading poets wrote poems about Christ's infancy, though charm and sweetness were not the leading note. Because these poets were university-educated classicists--many of them also Catholic or Anglican priests--they wrote in an elevated style, with elevated language, and their concerns were deeply theological as well as poetic. In an age of religious controversy, their poems had controversial elements, and because these poems were mostly intended for private use and limited circulation, they were not generally singable hymns of public celebration of Christ's birth. However far from dry academic pieces, these poems offer a wide variety of approaches to both their subject, the infant Jesus, and the means of presenting it. All Wonders in One Sight examines the ways in which early modern English poets understood and accomplished the poetic task of representing Christ as both Child and God. Focusing on the intellectual and theological content of the poems as well as the devotional aims of the poets, Theresa M. Kenney aims to reveal their understandings of divine immanence and the sacrament of the Eucharist."-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Christ child
Christmas poetry
Eucharist
George Herbert
John Donne
John Milton
Richard Crashaw
Robert South Well
baby Jesus
metaphysical poetry
nativity lyric
nativity
passion of Christ
sacrament
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 22, 2021)
Subject Jesus Christ -- In literature.
SUBJECT Jesus Christ fast
Subject Christian poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Religious poetry, English -- History and criticism
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance
Christian poetry, English -- Early modern
English poetry -- Early modern
Literature
Religious poetry, English
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Form Electronic book
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