{"product_id":"imitatio-christi-the-poetics-of-piety-in-early-modern-england-9780268038410","title":"Imitatio Christi: The Poetics of Piety in Early Modern England","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eImitatio Christi: The Poetics of Piety in Early Modern England\u003c\/i\u003e, Nandra Perry explores the relationship of the traditional devotional paradigm of imitatio Christi to the theory and practice of literary imitation in early modern England. While imitation has long been recognized as a central feature of the period's pedagogy and poetics, the devotional practice of imitating Christ's life and Passion has been historically regarded as a minor element in English Protestant piety. Perry reconsiders the role of the \u003ci\u003eimitatio Christi\u003c\/i\u003e not only within English devotional culture but within the broader culture of literary imitation. She traces continuities and discontinuities between sacred and secular notions of proper imitation, showing how imitation worked in both contexts to address anxieties, widespread after the Protestant Reformation, about the reliability of \"fallen\" human language and the epistemological value of the body and the material world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe figure of Sir Philip Sidney--Elizabethan England's premier defender of poetry and internationally recognized paragon of Christian knighthood--functions as a nexus for Perry's treatment of a wide variety of contemporary literary and religious genres, all of them concerned in one way or another with the ethical and religious implications of imitation. Throughout the Elizabethan and early Stuart periods, the Sidney legacy was appropriated by men and women, Catholics and Protestants alike, making it an especially useful vehicle for tracing the complicated relationship of \u003ci\u003eimitatio Christi\u003c\/i\u003e to the various literary, confessional, and cultural contexts within and across which it often operated. Situating her project within a generously drawn version of the Sidney \"circle\" allows Perry to move freely across the boundaries that often delimit treatments of early modern English piety. Her book is a call for renewed attention to the imitation of Christ as a productive category of literary analysis, one that resists overly neat distinctions between Catholic and Protestant, sacred and secular, literary art and cultural artifact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nandra Perry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268038410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNandra Perry \u003c\/b\u003eis assistant professor of English at Texas A\u0026amp;M University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42878156734579,"sku":"9.78027E+12","price":54.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_b9313bb2-1aa9-4559-a1e6-b0ee86f39cb2.jpg?v=1740655670","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/imitatio-christi-the-poetics-of-piety-in-early-modern-england-9780268038410","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}