The Seventeenth-Century Resolve: A Historical Anthology of a Literary Form

Book Overview

Among the literary innovations of the seventeenth century-a period of rich development in English prose-was the resolve. Generally of religious inspiration, the resolve was intended as the instrument of reform of private and public morals to assist in attaining individual perfection and in establishing the ideal Christian state. John L. Lievsay has brought together an anthology of resolves from the pens of eighteen writers, some -like Bishop Joseph...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813153379
• ISBN13: 9780813153377
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher