Theologies of language in English Renaissance literature reading Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton - Baumlin, James S. (Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, 2012)
Prelude : on reading rhetorically -- Acknowledgments -- "Resistless eloquence" -- Hamlet's sorcery -- "Scourge" or "minister" -- The Donnean doubting-game -- Love's atheist : reading Donne's "Communitie" -- "The token" among Donne's songs and sonnets -- "Outward preaching" vs. "inward persuasion" -- The Protestant allegory of "Lycidas" -- Milton's "rhetoric of certitude" -- Postlude : from "enthusiasm" to enlightenment.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Keywords: English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Rhetoric; English language -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Style; Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616.; Donne, John, -- 1572-1631.; Milton, John, -- 1608-1674.; Religion in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Electronic books