 | Betwixt Jest and Earnest: Marprelate, Milton, Marvell, Swift & the Decorum of Religious Ridicule Subjects: Satire English -- History and criticism; English literature -- Early modern 1500-1700 -- History and criticism; Church polity in literature; Religious thought -- Great Britain -- Controversial literature -- History; Great Britain -- Church history -- Mo; Marprelate, Milton, Marvell, and Swift are among the best prose satirists in a remarkably rich literary era. Focusing on these key figures, 'Betwixt Jest and Earnest' examines the theory and practice of religious prose in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Anselment Raymond : Raymond A. Anselment is a professor emeritus of the Department of English at The University of Connecticut. |
