Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry by Rivers, Isabel -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Page Classical and Christian Ideas in English Renaissance Poetry By the same author Title Page Copyright Page Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: Renaissance Poetry and Modern Readers 1 The Golden Age and the Garden of Eden

THE CLASSICAL GOLDEN AGE EDEN AND THE PROMISED LAND FALSE PARADISES ENGLAND AS THE EARTHLY PARADISE AMERICA AS THE EARTHLY PARADISE THE GOLDEN AGE AS A MORAL IDEAL THE GOLDEN AGE AS SEXUAL FREEDOM

2 The Pagan Gods

3 Platonism and Neoplatonism

THE PLATONIC IDEA OF BEAUTY THE NEOPLATONIC IDEA OF BEAUTY THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE SOUL AND BODY PLATONIC AND ANTIPLATONIC LOVE

4 Stoicism

THE FUNCTION OF PHILOSOPHY FREEDOM AND SLAVERY ADVANTAGES ARE ONLY LENT THE WISE MAN IN ADVERSITY CHRISTIAN CRITICISM OF STOICISM STOICISM IN POETRY

5 Views of History

CLASSICAL VIEWS OF HISTORY BIBLICAL VIEWS OF HISTORY AUGUSTINE’S VIEW OF HISTORY PROTESTANT HISTORY VIEWS OF HISTORY IN RENAISSANCE POETRY

6 Cosmology

THE TERM ‘COSMOS’ THE CREATION OF THE COSMOS THE FIFTH ELEMENT THE UNMOVED MOVER THE SPHERES HARMONY FROM DISCORD AND UNITY IN VARIETY THE MUSIC OF THE SPHERES RENAISSANCE VIEWS OF COSMIC ORDER COSMIC MUSIC IN RENAISSANCE LITERATURE RENAISSANCE VIEWS OF THE NATURE OF MAN THE NEW COSMOLOGY BIBLICAL TEXTS CITED AGAINST THE NEW COSMOLOGY KNOWLEDGE OF GOD THROUGH THE CREATION SCIENTIFIC SCEPTICISM AND MORAL KNOWLEDGE

7 Reformation and Counter-Reformation

THE PRIESTHOOD OF ALL BELIEVERS THE SUFFICIENCY OF SCRIPTURE THE TRANSLATION AND STUDY OF THE BIBLE THE LORD’S SUPPER THE PROTESTANT VIEW OF ROME THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND ANGLICAN CEREMONY PURITAN CRITICISM OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND POEMS ON THE RIVAL CHURCHES COUNTER-REFORMATION DEVOTION

8 Protestant Theology

ORIGINAL SIN REDEMPTION THROUGH THE MEDIATION OF CHRIST, THE SECOND ADAM JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH GOOD WORKS PREDESTINATION THE BONDAGE OF THE LAW AND THE LIBERTY OF THE GOSPEL GRACE AND FREE WILL FAITH OPPOSED TO REASON RIGHT REASON AND NATURAL LAW

9 Humanism

‘HUMANITAS’ CLASSICAL DEFINITIONS OF RHETORIC AND THE ROLE OF THE ORATOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE ‘GOOD COUNSEL’ THE HUMANISTS’ CICERO HUMANIST EDUCATIONAL THEORY IMITATION HUMANIST POETICS

10 Biblical Exegesis and Typology

TYPOLOGY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT PATRISTIC ALLEGORY THE FOURFOLD METHOD PROTESTANT EXEGESIS TYPOLOGY IN POETRY

11 Theories of Poetry

THE INSPIRED POET THE POET AS CREATOR THE POET AS EDUCATOR

12 Allegory

BIBLICAL PRECEDENTS FOR ALLEGORY AND THEIR USE SOME THEORIES OF ALLEGORY ALLEGORY IN ‘THE FAERIE QUEENE’

13 Numerology

PYTHAGOREAN/PLATONIC NUMEROLOGY NUMERICAL BIBLICAL EXEGESIS RENAISSANCE ATTITUDES TO NUMEROLOGY GOD AS GEOMETER PROPORTION AS MORAL PERFECTION ‘SUBSTANTIVE’ NUMBER SYMBOLISM IN POETRY

A Note on the Division of Historical Periods Abbreviations References Further Reading

INTRODUCTION 1 THE GOLDEN AGE AND THE GARDEN OF EDEN 2 THE PAGAN GODS 3 PLATONISM AND NEOPLATONISM 4 STOICISM 5 VIEWS OF HISTORY 6 COSMOLOGY 7 REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION 8 PROTESTANT THEOLOGY 9 HUMANISM 10 BIBLICAL EXEGESIS AND TYPOLOGY 11 THEORIES OF POETRY 12 ALLEGORY 13 NUMEROLOGY

Bibliographical Appendix

A ENGLISH RENAISSANCE AUTHORS B CLASSICAL, MEDIEVAL AND CONTINENTAL RENAISSANCE AUTHORS