The Last Pilgrimage to Eternity
| Autor: | Cyril L. Caspar |
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| EAN: | 9783839442548 |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | eBook |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 09.07.2018 |
| Untertitel: | Protestant Paths to the Afterlife in Early Modern English Poetry |
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| Schlagworte: | Br British Studies Cultural History Cultural History Early Modern History England England General Literature Studies History of Religion Literary Studies Literature Pilgrimage Pilgrimage Religion Renaissance Renaissance |
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With the advent of the reformation, concepts of living and dying were profoundly reconfigured. As purgatory disappeared from the spiritual landscape, other paths to the afterlife were rediscovered. Thus, when life draws to a close, the passage to the afterlife becomes a last pilgrimage, a popular early modern metaphor that has received little critical commentary. In a rigorous historical and theological reading, Cyril L. Caspar explores five major English poets - John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Herbert, Edmund Spenser, and John Milton - to unveil the poetical potential of the last pilgrimage as a life-transcending metaphor.
Cyril L. Caspar, born in 1989, wrote his PhD thesis at the English Department of the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research interests include early modern English literature and the history of the reformation.