Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521037068)

Examining the influence of the biblical Psalms on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature, this study explores the imaginative, beautiful and ingenious as well as sometimes ludicrous and improbable ways in which the Psalms were 'translated'. Spanning ancient Israel to Renaissance and Reformation England, the book focuses on literature of major writers that ranges from Shakespeare and Milton to less prominent ones: George Gascoigne, Mary Sidney Herbert, and George Wither.

Author: Hannibal Hamlin
ISBN-10: 0521037069
ISBN-13: 9780521037068
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/28/2007
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d