{"product_id":"the-rewarde-of-wickednesse-paperback","title":"The Rewarde of Wickednesse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAllyna E. Ward\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume provides the first printed critical edition of a text which has recently attracted the attention of scholars working on early modern English literature. \u003cem\u003eThe Rewarde of Wickednesse\u003c\/em\u003e (1574) is a univocal quasi-epic poem that imitates the \u003cem\u003ede casibus\u003c\/em\u003e form of \u003cem\u003eA Mirror for Magistrates\u003c\/em\u003e and makes a clear indication of the hellish position of the damned. The poem is a vehemently anti-Catholic\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003epolemic that draws a distinct link between sinful behaviour on earth and Hell by locating both the consequences and the origin of sin in Hell. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson wrote the poem during the period when his employer, George Talbot, was appointed as the jailer over Elizabeth's cousin Mary Stuart during the period of her imprisonment at Sheffield Castle and Sheffield Manor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobinson stages the laments in the space of Hell, not simply as ghosts reporting back from the underworld. The importance of the text lies in the clues it provides as to how Elizabethans were working with a lingering Catholic heritage in a distinctly Protestant nation. The poem's exploration of matters of sin and damnation in relation to Hell and Pluto acknowledge the relevance of these issues to an Elizabethan audience. Robinson's application of the \u003cem\u003ede casibus\u003c\/em\u003e form to the examples places them in the Elizabethan mirror tradition by making them proffer warnings about the rewards for sin. \u003cem\u003eThe Rewarde of Wickednesse\u003c\/em\u003e, through its inclusion of different, and sometimes opposing, traditions, faiths and literary formats, reveals an Elizabethan culture rife with the apprehensions concerning salvation and damnation that define early English Protestantism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53274410516787,"sku":"9780947623852","price":45.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s2L3F7J-XW9780947623852.webp?v=1776896241","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-rewarde-of-wickednesse-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}