Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton: Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern England (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521641043)

The image of the puritan as a dour and repressive character has been central to ways of reading sixteenth- and seventeenth-century history and literature. Kristen Poole's original study challenges this perception arguing that radical reformers were most often portrayed in literature of the period as deviant, licentious and transgressive. Through extensive analysis of early modern pamphlets, sermons, poetry and plays, the fictional puritan emerges as a grotesque and carnivalesque figure. By recovering this lost satirical image, Poole sheds new light on the social role played by anti-puritan rhetoric.

Author: Kristen Poole
ISBN-10: 0521641047
ISBN-13: 9780521641043
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/26/2000
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.20w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 04/01/2001 pg. 1464