Author : Bonnie Lander Johnson
Release : 2015-11-26
Genre : Literary Criticism
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 901/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Chastity in Early Stuart Literature and Culture by : Bonnie Lander Johnson

Download or read book Chastity in Early Stuart Literature and Culture written by Bonnie Lander Johnson. This book was released on 2015-11-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Bonnie Lander Johnson explores early modern ideas of chastity, demonstrating how crucial early Stuart thinking on chastity was to political, medical, theological and moral debates, and that it was also a virtue that governed the construction of different literary genres. Drawing on a range of materials, from prose to theatre, theological controversy to legal trials, and court ceremonies - including royal birthing rituals - Lander Johnson unearths previously unrecognised opinions about chastity. She reveals that early Stuart theatrical and court ceremonies were part of the same political debate as prose pamphlets and religious sermons. The volume also offers new readings of Milton's Comus, Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Henrietta Maria's queenship and John Ford's plays. It will appeal to scholars of early modern literature, theatre, political, medical and cultural history, and gender studies.