Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature 9780415656849, 9780203077542, 0203077547, 0415656842

The patrons of heaven and earth -- National saints and The faerie queene -- Jonson's hagiographic parody -- Saints,

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Patrons and Patron Saints in Early Modern English Literature
 9780415656849, 9780203077542, 0203077547, 0415656842

Table of contents :
The patrons of heaven and earth --
National saints and The faerie queene --
Jonson's hagiographic parody --
Saints, guilds, and players in Shakespeare's histories --
Drayton, the Middle Ages, and the genii loci --
Donne's hagiographic tolerance --
Milton and the border saints

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