TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gay,David
TI  - Gifts and graces: prayer, poetry, and polemic from Lancelot Andrewes to John Bunyan 
SN  - 9781487531928
AV  - PR428.R46 G39 2021
U1  - 820.9/3823 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Toronto, Buffalo
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - Andrewes, Lancelot,
KW  - Herbert, George,
KW  - Vaughan, Henry,
KW  - Taylor, Jeremy,
KW  - Milton, John,
KW  - Bunyan, John,
KW  - English literature
KW  - Early modern, 1500-1700
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Christian poetry, English
KW  - Prayer
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Religion and literature
KW  - Polemics in literature
KW  - Prayer in literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Early modern
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Lancelot Andrewes and George Herbert: The Word of Charity -- Jeremy Taylor and Henry Vaughan: The Stock of Nature and Art -- John Milton (1634-1650): The Spirit of Utterance -- John Milton (1650-1674): The Spirit of Prayer -- John Bunyan: The Nameless Terrible Instrument
N2  - "Prayer divided seventeenth-century England. Anglican Conformists such as Lancelot Andrewes and Jeremy Taylor upheld set forms of prayer in the Book of Common Prayer, a book designed to unite the nation in worship. Puritan Reformers and Dissenters such as John Milton and John Bunyan rejected the prayer book and advocated for extemporaneous or free prayer. In 1645, the mainly Puritan Long Parliament proscribed the Book of Common Prayer and dismantled the Anglican Church in the midst of civil war. This led Anglican poets and liturgists to defend their tradition with energy and erudition in print. In 1662, with monarchy restored, the mainly Anglican Cavalier Parliament reinstated the Church and its prayer book to impose religious uniformity. This galvanized English Nonconformity and Dissent and gave rise to a vibrant literary counter-tradition. Addressing this fascinating history, David Gay examines competing claims to spiritual gifts and graces in polemical texts and their influence on prayer and poetry. Amid the contention of differing voices, the disputed connection of poetry and prayer, imagination and religion, emerges as a central tension in early modern literature and culture."--
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