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This book argues that in the seventeenth century the ancient hope for the physical resurrection of the body and its flesh began an unexpected second life as critical theory, challenging the notion of an autonomous self and driving early modern avant-garde poetry.

Table of Contents

Preface: Christianity as Critical Theory | vii
Introduction: Secularization and the Resurrection of the Flesh | 1
1. Secularization, Countersecularization, and the Fate of the Flesh in Donne | 29
2. Wanting to Be Another Person: Resurrection and Avant-Garde Poetics in George Herbert | 64
3. Luminous Stuff: The Resurrection of the Flesh in Vaughan’s Religious Verse | 101
4. The Feeling of Being a Body: Resurrection and Habitus in Vaughan’s Medical Writings | 124
5. Resurrection, Dualism, and Legal Personhood: Bodily Presence in Ben Jonson | 148
Epilogue: Resurrection and Zombies | 181
Acknowledgments | 191
Notes | 193
Index | 219

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      Publisher Fordham University Press
      Published 5 January 2021
      ISBN-13 9780823290048
      978-0823290048
      ISBN-10 0823290042
      Also in:
      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Christianity Not Just Books Stationery

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book argues that in the seventeenth century the ancient hope for the physical resurrection of the body and its flesh began an unexpected second life as critical theory, challenging the notion of an autonomous self and driving early modern avant-garde poetry.

      Table of Contents

      Preface: Christianity as Critical Theory | vii
      Introduction: Secularization and the Resurrection of the Flesh | 1
      1. Secularization, Countersecularization, and the Fate of the Flesh in Donne | 29
      2. Wanting to Be Another Person: Resurrection and Avant-Garde Poetics in George Herbert | 64
      3. Luminous Stuff: The Resurrection of the Flesh in Vaughan’s Religious Verse | 101
      4. The Feeling of Being a Body: Resurrection and Habitus in Vaughan’s Medical Writings | 124
      5. Resurrection, Dualism, and Legal Personhood: Bodily Presence in Ben Jonson | 148
      Epilogue: Resurrection and Zombies | 181
      Acknowledgments | 191
      Notes | 193
      Index | 219

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