Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 articles from January 1994

Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 archives from January 1994

Other places, other times: the sites of the Proems to 'The Faerie Queene.'
January 1, 1994... But forth to tellen of this worthy man That taughte me this tale, as I bigan, I seye that first with heigh stile he enditeth, Er he the body of his tale writeth, A proheyme . . . Chaucer, "The Clerk's Prologue," lines 39-43(1) Preceding each...

The accession of King James I and English religious poetry.
January 1, 1994... When King James VI of Scotland became King James I of England in 1603, many English poets felt that the event marked the beginning of a new cultural era. Scholars have recognized the effect that the accession had on drama and masques, but...

Robert Herrick's fathers.
January 1, 1994... Man's helplessness remains and along with it his longing for his father, and the gods. Freud, The Future of an Illusion(1) In the Hesperides of that most eminent of the "Sons of Ben," Robert Herrick, poems that treat strong father-figures...

Donne's "Elegy 19": the busk between a pair of bodies. (John Donne)
January 1, 1994... Although critics have often noted Donne's imperious call to the unnamed lady of "Elegy 19" to strip, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the clothes and personal effects that he demands be discarded.(1) Only the "innocent white linen"...

A pack of lies in a looking glass: Lady Mary Wroth's 'Urania' and the magic mirror of romance.
January 1, 1994... gossip to the shadowy realm of innuendo. 38The circumstantial evidence that points to Wroth as Pamphilia and Pembroke as Amphilanthus is strongly convincing. Among other suggestive details, Lady Mary wrote her sonnet sequence in the persons of...

Milton's two poets. (voices in John Milton's 'Lycidas')
January 1, 1994... One is impersonal, honoring Iris postulates, while the other takes the wish for the deed and evades them. Milton's two poets oppose each other in "Lycidas," officially a monody sung by a single voice. Most of the poem bears out this description...

Adam and the subversion of paradise. (John Milton's 'Paradise Lost')
January 1, 1994... Dream not of other worlds. Paradise Lost 8.175(1) Such is Raphael's admonition to Adam when the first human remarks on the seemingly disproportionate relationship between the earth and other celestial bodies. But who is this Adam and why...

Self-doubt in the wilderness in 'Paradise Regain'd.'
January 1, 1994... In Paradise Regain'd Jesus enters a wilderness twice. The first time, identified as the Son of God, he is led into the desert to meditate (1.183-95).(1) The second time, identified as the Son of Mary, he "into himself descended" (2.109-14). The...

The provenance of John Milton's 'Christian Doctrine': a reply to William B. Hunter. (response to William B. Hunter, Studies in English Literature, vol. 32, p. 129, Winter 1992 and vol. 33, p. 191, Winter 1993) (Forum II: Milton's 'Christian Doctrine')
January 1, 1994... As scholars have determined it during the past century and a half, the provenance of the Christian Doctrine should invite no suspicion of Milton's authorship. Instead it confirms it. The treatise originated in Milton's youthful collection of...

Professor William B. Hunter, Bishop Burgess, and John Milton. (response to William B. Hunter, Studies in English Literature, vol. 32, p. 129, Winter 1992 and vol. 33, p. 191, Winter 1993)
January 1, 1994... Freed from Sabbath observance. 7:295; cf. 6:351-55, 704-15. Adult baptism. 7:298; cf. 6:544-52. Scripture to be available for all. 7:302-303; Of True Religion, 8:434-35; cf. 6:577-79, 600. Against universities as sources of pastors. 7:315-17; cf....

Animadversions upon the remonstrants' defenses against Burgess and Hunter. (Bishop Burgess; William B. Hunter)(response to articles by Maurice Kelly and Christopher Hill in this issue, p. 153 and p. 165)
January 1, 1994... In their responses to my two essays questioning Milton's authorship of the heretical theological treatise De Doctrine Christiana(1) (henceforth DDC) two of the most respected living Miltonists, Christopher Hill and Maurice Kelley, have denied at...