{"product_id":"common-prayer-the-language-of-public-devotion-in-early-modern-england-paperback","title":"Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion in Early Modern England - 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\u003eRamie Targoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCommon Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. Ramie Targoff challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized world of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Early modern England, she demonstrates, was characterized less by the triumph of religious interiority than by efforts to shape public forms of devotion. This provocatively revisionist argument will have major implications for early modern studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough readings of William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eHamlet, \u003c\/i\u003e Richard Hooker's \u003ci\u003eLawes of Ecclesiastical Politie\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Sidney's \u003ci\u003eApology for Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and his translations of the Psalms, John Donne's sermons and poems, and George Herbert's \u003ci\u003eThe Temple, \u003c\/i\u003e Targoff uncovers the period's pervasive and often surprising interest in cultivating public and formalized models of worship. At the heart of this study lies an original and daring approach to understanding the origins of devotional poetry; Targoff shows how the projects of composing eloquent verse and improving liturgical worship come to be deeply intertwined. New literary practices, then, became a powerful means of forging common prayer, or controlling private and otherwise unmanageable expressions of faith.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommon Prayer explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. Ramie Targoff challenges the conventional and misleading distinctions between the ritualized world of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Early modern England, she demonstrates, was characterized less by the triumph of religious interiority than by efforts to shape public forms of devotion. At the heart of this argument lies an original and daring approach to understanding the origins of devotional poetry. Targoff shows how the projects of composing eloquent verse and improving liturgical worship came to be deeply intertwined; how new literary practices became a powerful means of forging common prayer, and controlling private and otherwise unmanageable expressions of faith.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRamie Targoff\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of English at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703819333939,"sku":"9780226789699","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/L7pv8sPA5U9780226789699.webp?v=1763341019","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/common-prayer-the-language-of-public-devotion-in-early-modern-england-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}