Discovering and (Re)Covering the Seventeenth Century Religious Lyric

The seventeenth century gave rise to the greatest flowering of the religious lyric in the English language, but modern criticism has neglected the vast majority of these works and their authors. This collection contains 15 original essays that broaden our understanding of the seventeenth century religious lyric by examining the contributions of such writers as Robert Southwell, Aemilia Lanyer, William Alabaster and others. Our view of seventeenth century literature cannot be complete or accurate unless we account for these neglected writers and their cultural roles in the development of the religious lyric.Cunnar, Eugene R. is the author of 'Discovering and (Re)Covering the Seventeenth Century Religious Lyric' with ISBN 9780820703176 and ISBN 0820703176.