Early Modern Asceticism: Literature, Religion, and Austerity in the English Renaissance

by Patrick J. McGrath

Book Overview

In discussions of the works of Donne, Milton, Marvell, and Bunyan, Early Modern Asceticism shows how conflicting approaches to asceticism animate depictions of sexuality, subjectivity, and embodiment in early modern literature and religion. The book challenges the perception that the Renaissance marks a decisive shift in attitudes towards the body, sex, and the self. In early modernity, self-respect was a Satanic impulse that had to be annihilated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487505329
• ISBN13: 9781487505325
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"