Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature - Hardcover

Hamlin, Hannibal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521832705 ISBN 13: 9780521832700

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

Psalm Culture and Early Modern English Literature examines the influence of the biblical Psalms on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. It explores the imaginative, beautiful, ingenious and sometimes ludicrous and improbable ways in which the Psalms were 'translated' from ancient Israel to Renaissance and Reformation England. The book focuses on literature from major writers like Shakespeare and Milton to less prominent ones like George Gascoigne, Mary Sidney Herbert, and George Wither, but it also explores the adaptations of the Psalms in musical settings, emblems, works of theology and political polemic.

About the Author:

Hannibal Hamlin is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio State University, Mansfield.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521832705
• ISBN 13: 9780521832700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 302