 | Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist in Early Modern Religious Poetry Subjects: Christian poetry English -- Early modern 1500–1700 -- History and criticism; Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century; Lord’s Supper in literature; God in literature; Reading, Desire, and the Eucharist analyzes the work of prominent early modern writers--including John Milton, Richard Crashaw, John Donne, and George Herbert--whose religious poetry presented parallels between sacramental desire and the act of understanding written texts. Netzley Ryan : Ryan Netzley is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. |
