Radical Religion from Shakespeare to Milton: Figures of Nonconformity in Early Modern EnglandThe 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. |
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... sexually promiscuous , monstrously procreating , and even as worshipping naked . By recovering this lost alternative satirical image , Poole sheds new light on the role played by anti - puritan rhetoric . Her book contends that such ...
... sexually promiscuous , monstrously procreating , and even as worshipping naked . By recovering this lost alternative satirical image , Poole sheds new light on the role played by anti - puritan rhetoric . Her book contends that such ...
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... puns on sexual intercourse . The rigid exterior belies a libidinous interior , and charity becomes code for fornication . Within the context of early modern literature , the figure Introduction : deforming Reformation 7.
... puns on sexual intercourse . The rigid exterior belies a libidinous interior , and charity becomes code for fornication . Within the context of early modern literature , the figure Introduction : deforming Reformation 7.
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... sexually promiscuous , and has a purgative effect on the bowels of those around her ; Falstaff and Hudibras have excessive , protruding bellies ; and the sharp nose is a regular feature of puritan physiognomy . If the puritan body is ...
... sexually promiscuous , and has a purgative effect on the bowels of those around her ; Falstaff and Hudibras have excessive , protruding bellies ; and the sharp nose is a regular feature of puritan physiognomy . If the puritan body is ...
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... sexually voracious in today's yellow press . In current literary criticism , however , this duality of the puritan's image has largely been lost , as the carnal aspects of this representation have been stripped away . Pared into a one ...
... sexually voracious in today's yellow press . In current literary criticism , however , this duality of the puritan's image has largely been lost , as the carnal aspects of this representation have been stripped away . Pared into a one ...
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... sexual behavior , and nakedness ) are repeatedly allied with their discursive and rhetorical aberrations ( extemporaneous prayer , tub preaching , illicit publishing , and so forth ) . The aims of this book are twofold . First , I wish ...
... sexual behavior , and nakedness ) are repeatedly allied with their discursive and rhetorical aberrations ( extemporaneous prayer , tub preaching , illicit publishing , and so forth ) . The aims of this book are twofold . First , I wish ...
Contents
The puritan in the alehouse Falstaff and the drama of Martin Marprelate | 16 |
Eating disorder feasting fasting and the puritan bellygod at Bartholomew Fair | 45 |
Lewd conversations the perversions of the Family of Love | 74 |
Dissecting sectarianism swarms forms and Thomas Edwardss Gangrena | 104 |
The descent of dissent monstrous genealogies and Miltons antiprelatical tracts | 124 |
Not so much as jig leaves Adamites naked Quakers linguistic perfection and Paradise Lost | 147 |
the fortunes of Hudibras | 182 |
Notes | 187 |
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