This book was first published in 2011. The Virgin Mary was one of the most powerful images of the Middle Ages, central to people's experience of Christianity. During the Reformation, however, many images of the Virgin were destroyed, as Protestantism rejected the way the medieval Church over-valued and sexualized Mary. Although increasingly marginalized in Protestant thought and practice, her traces and surprising transformations continued to haunt early modern England. Combining historical analysis and contemporary theory, including issues raised by psychoanalysis and feminist theology, Gary Waller examines the literature, theology and popular culture associated with Mary in the transition between late medieval and early modern England. He contrasts a variety of pre-Reformation texts and events, including popular mariology, poetry, tales, drama, pilgrimage and the emerging 'New Learning', with later sixteenth-century ruins, songs, ballads, Petrarchan poetry, the works of Shakespeare and other texts where the Virgin's presence or influence, sometimes surprisingly, can be found.
| ISBN: | 9781107407664 |
| Publication date: | 13th September 2012 |
| Author: | Gary Waller |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 250 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Religion: general Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval |
This book was first published in 2011. The Virgin Mary was one of the most powerful images of the Middle Ages, central to people's experience of Christianity. During the Reformation, however, many images of the Virgin were destroyed, as Protestantism rejected the way the medieval Church over-valued and sexualized Mary. Although increasingly marginalized in Protestant thought and practice, her traces and surprising transformations continued to haunt early modern England. Combining historical analysis and contemporary theory, including issues raised by psychoanalysis and feminist theology, Gary Waller examines the literature, theology and popular culture associated with Mary in the transition between late medieval and early modern England. He contrasts a variety of pre-Reformation texts and events, including popular mariology, poetry, tales, drama, pilgrimage and the emerging 'New Learning', with later sixteenth-century ruins, songs, ballads, Petrarchan poetry, the works of Shakespeare and other texts where the Virgin's presence or influence, sometimes surprisingly, can be found.
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture features in the following genres: Literary studies: general, Religion: general, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture is available in Paperback
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture was written by Gary Waller and published by Cambridge University Press
The Virgin Mary in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Popular Culture has 250 pages
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