Confessions of faith in early modern England

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In speeches, political pamphlets, and other works of religious controversy, writers from the reign of James I to that of James II unexpectedly erupt into autobiography. Brooke Conti positions these texts as products of the era's tense political climate.

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Main Author: Conti, Brooke (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014
Subjects:
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Religion and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Authors, English > Religious life.
Autobiography > Religious aspects.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note on Spelling and Punctuation
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. James VI and I and the Autobiographical Double Bind
  • Chapter 2. Conversion and Confession in Donne's Prose
  • Chapter 3. Milton and Autobiography in Crisis
  • Chapter 4. Thomas Browne's Uneasy Confession of Faith
  • Chapter 5 John Bunyan's Double Autobiography
  • Chapter 6 James II and the End of the Confession of Faith
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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