Encounters with God in Medieval and Early Modern English Poetry

By Charlotte Clutterbuck

Book Overview

Engaging with four English poems or groups of poems - the anonymous medieval Crucifixion lyrics; William Langland's Piers Plowman, John Donne's Divine Poems, and John Milton's Paradise Lost - this book examines the nature of poetic encounter with God. It constitutes an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between literature and theology.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138264830
• ISBN13: 9781138264830
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"