The Last Pilgrimage to Eternity: Protestant Paths to the Afterlife in Early Modern English Poetry - Couverture souple

Caspar, Cyril L.

 
9783837642544: The Last Pilgrimage to Eternity: Protestant Paths to the Afterlife in Early Modern English Poetry
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3837642542 ISBN 13 : 9783837642544
Editeur : Transcript Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

With the advent of the reformation, concepts of living and dying were profoundly reconfigured. As purgatory disappeared from the spiritual landscape, other paths to the afterlife were rediscovered. Thus, when life draws to a close, the passage to the afterlife becomes a last pilgrimage, a popular early modern metaphor that has received little critical commentary. In a rigorous historical and theological reading, Cyril L. Caspar explores five major English poets - John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Herbert, Edmund Spenser, and John Milton - to unveil the poetical potential of the last pilgrimage as a life-transcending metaphor.

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À propos de l'auteur

Cyril L. Caspar, born in 1989, wrote his PhD thesis at the English Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research interests include early modern English literature and the history of the reformation.

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Éditeur
Transcript Verlag
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3837642542
ISBN 13 
9783837642544
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
262
Coordonnées du fabricant
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