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John Donne and the Protestant Reformation
New Perspectives

Edited by Mary Arshagouni Papazian 		Poet and Protestant preacher John Donne (1572–1631) publicly identified himself with Protestantism, and yet scholars have long questioned his theological orientation. Drawing upon recent scholarship in church history, the authors of this collection reconsider Donne’s relationship to Protestantism and clearly demonstrate the political and theological impact of the Reformation on his life and writings.
The collection includes thirteen essays that together place Donne broadly in the context of English and European traditions and explore his divine poetry, his prose work, the Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, and his sermons. It becomes clear that in adopting the values of the Reformation, Donne does not completely reject everything from his Catholic background. Rather, the clash of religion erupts in his work in both moving and disconcerting ways. 		"Mary Papazian has assembled a colection that has a forceful overarching perspective: these essays will prompt us to explore the astonishing fact that, in his maturity, Donne entered the public sphere by attuning his richly skeptical and fertile mind to the resources made available within early Protestantism."
—Dayton Haskin, Boston College

Mary Arshagouni Papazian is Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
 
$45.95s cloth / ISBN 0-8143-3012-6

392 pages / 6 x 9

2003

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