Religious Rite & Ceremony in Milton's Poetry - Couverture souple

Stroup, Thomas B

 
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Synopsis

Milton, the arch-Puritan and outspoken critic of the stereotyped rituals of the established churches, has been regarded by most scholars as a writer who is unlikely to have employed liturgical materials in his poetry. Thomas B. Stroup shows to the contrary that Milton made extensive use of Christian liturgy not only as material within the body of his poems but also as a force in shaping them. In a survey of both Milton's major works and his minor poems, prayers of thanksgiving, the General Conf

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À propos de l?auteur

Thomas B. Stroup is professor of English at the University of Kentucky.

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