The Literary Culture of the Reformation: Grammar and Grace
Brian Cummings
Abstract
This book examines the place of literature in the Reformation, considering both how arguments about biblical meaning and literary interpretation influenced the new theology, and how developments in theology in turn influenced literary practices. Part One focuses on Northern Europe, reconsidering the relationship between Renaissance humanism (especially Erasmus) and religious ideas (especially Luther). Parts Two and Three examine Tudor and early Stuart England. Part Two describes the rise of vernacular theology and Protestant culture in relation to fundamental changes in the understanding of th ... More
Keywords: Reformation literature, biblical meaning, literary interpretation, Northern Europe, Renaissance humanism, Erasmus, Luther, Tudor England, Stuart England, Protestant culture
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2002 | Print ISBN-13: 9780198187356 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: October 2011 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198187356.001.0001 |
