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Retelling the siege of Jerusalem in early modern England / Vanita Neelakanta.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Early modern exchangePublisher: Newark : University of Delaware Press, 2019Distributor: Charlottesville: : University of Virginia PressCopyright date: �2019Description: 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781644530146
  • 1644530147
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Retelling the siege of Jerusalem in early modern England.DDC classification:
  • 820.9/3583305 23
LOC classification:
  • PR418.J47 N44 2019eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: Hierusalems destruction: Our Instruction -- Unholy ghosts -- Bodies besieged -- Jerusalem in Jamestown -- From providence to politics -- Exile and restoration -- Epilogue: "Worthy to be known and read of all men."
Summary: "Uncovers the early modern English preoccupation with retellings of the Roman siege of 70 C.E. by writers who sought to comprehend their own troubled times. Placing tales of colonialism, plague, and exile within a larger narrative of divine intervention, this book reveals the growing perception of such history as cultural capital in the seventeenth century"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Uncovers the early modern English preoccupation with retellings of the Roman siege of 70 C.E. by writers who sought to comprehend their own troubled times. Placing tales of colonialism, plague, and exile within a larger narrative of divine intervention, this book reveals the growing perception of such history as cultural capital in the seventeenth century"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction: Hierusalems destruction: Our Instruction -- Unholy ghosts -- Bodies besieged -- Jerusalem in Jamestown -- From providence to politics -- Exile and restoration -- Epilogue: "Worthy to be known and read of all men."

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