These 13 new essays redefine our ideas about the nature and intensity of the intellectual struggle of early modern writers over what was of heaven and what was of earth. Contributors seek
insight through analyses of early Tudor travel writing about papal Rome, ecclesiastical dress on stage, passion and pain in Edward II, Sidney's Defense of Poesy and metrical Psalms, sacred and
profane modes of transgressive desire, Donne's responses to loss and his approach to re-creation, doctrinal clues in Herbert's church furnishing poems, the importance of the heart of stone, the
biblical David's sin reflected, the digestive tract in Paradise Lost extracted, Milton's temple and garden, and the collective cringing before the Lord of Milton and Johnson. Distributed by
Associated University Presses. Annotation 穢2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
