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This book argues that the destruction of Jerusalem is a key explanatory trope for early modern texts.
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Categories: Literary Criticism
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This compelling book explores sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English retellings of the Roman siege of Jerusalem and the way they informed and were informed
Biblical Readings and Literary Writings in Early Modern England, 1558-1625
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The Bible had a profound impact on early modern culture, and bible-reading shaped the period's drama, poetry, and life-writings, as well as sermons and biblical
The Political Bible in Early Modern England
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This book explores the Bible as a political document in seventeenth-century England, revealing how it provided a key language of political debate.
A Cultural History of Theatre in the Early Modern Age
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For both producers and consumers of theatre in the early modern era, art was viewed as a social rather than an individual activity. Emerging in the context of n