Martyrdom and Literature in Early Modern England (Paperback)

Introduction; Part I. Non poena sed causa: Martyrdom and the Hermeneutics of Controversy: 1. Controverting consciences; 2. Too many brides: the interpretive community and ecclesiological controversy; 3. Material witnesses; Part II. Conflicting Testimonies in the English Literary Imagination; 4. En route to the New Jerusalem: martyrdom and religious allegory; 5. When the truth hurts: suffering and religious confidence in Robert Southwell and John Donne; 6. The polemics of conscience in the history play; 7. Martyrdom, nostalgia, and political engagement; Conclusion: admiration and fear.