Theologies of Language in English Renaissance Literature

Informationen zum Autor By James S. Baumlin Klappentext James S. Baumlin's Theologies of Language in English Renaissance Literature offers a revisionist history of discourse, taking Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton as its touchstones. Their works mark stages in dieEntzauberung or "disenchantment," as Max Weber has termed it: that is, in the "elimination of magic from the world." Zusammenfassung James S. Baumlinâ™s Theologies of Language in English Renaissance Literature offers a revisionist history of discourse, taking Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton as its touchstones. Their works mark stages in die Entzauberung or âdisenchantment,❠as Max Weber has termed it: that is, in the âelimination of magic from the world.â

Auteur

James S. Baumlin is professor of English at Missouri State University, where he teaches renaissance literature, the history of rhetoric, and critical theory. A graduate of Georgetown (B.A. 1977) and Brown University (Ph.D. 1983), he has authored or co-edited a dozen books on diverse subjects. With SUNY Press, Southern Methodist University Press, the University of Missouri Press, and NCTE, he has published in fields of classical and contemporary rhetoric, seventeenth-century English poetry, composition pedagogy, and critical theory; with Moon City Press, he has published extensively in fields of creative nonfiction and regional history. Including chapters in edited collections, Baumlin has authored or co-authored more than one hundred book chapters, peer-reviewed essays, encyclopedia articles, scholarly notes, and reviews. His work has received two national awards and been reprinted in several anthologies and textbooks. Supplementing his scholarship, Baumlin has co-authored scripts for the stage, which have been video-recorded and performed professionally in theatres throughout Southwest Missouri (including Branson). Baumlin founded and serves as a senior editor of Moon City Press, an academic small press distributed nationally in consortium with the University of Arkansas Press. He is also a past president of the South-Central Renaissance Conference, the first and oldest active renaissance conference in North America. His wife, Tita French Baumlin, is a Shakespearian and fellow faculty member of the Missouri State University English Department. When he is not scholarly engaged, Baumlin sings with several arts groups, including Springfield s Messiah Project and SRO Lyric Theatre. Overlooking Lake Springfield, his backyard is a local stomping ground for deer and wild turkey.

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James S. Baumlin's Theologies of Language in English Renaissance Literature offers a revisionist history of discourse, taking Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton as its touchstones. Their works mark stages in dieEntzauberung or "disenchantment," as Max Weber has termed it: that is, in the "elimination of magic from the world."

Résumé
James S. Baumlinâ™s Theologies of Language in English Renaissance Literature offers a revisionist history of discourse, taking Shakespeare, Donne, and Milton as its touchstones. Their works mark stages in die Entzauberung or âdisenchantment,❠as Max Weber has termed it: that is, in the âelimination of magic from the world.â

Contenu

Prelude: On Reading Rhetorically Acknowledgments Chapter 1: "Resistless Eloquence" Chapter 2: Hamlet's Sorcery Chapter 3: "Scourge" or "Minister"? Chapter 4: The Donnean Doubting-Game Chapter 5: Love's Atheist: Reading Donne's "Communitie" Chapter 6: "The Token" among Donne's Songs and Sonets Chapter 7: "Outward Preaching" Vs. "Inward Persuasion" Chapter 8: The Protestant Allegory of "Lycidas" Chapter 9: Milton's "Rhetoric of Certitude" Postlude: From "Enthusiasm" to Enlightenment