{"product_id":"common-prayer-the-language-of-public-devotion-in-early-modern-england-9780226789699","title":"Common Prayer: The Language of Public Devotion in Early Modern England","description":"\u003ci\u003eCommon Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e explores the relationship between prayer and poetry in the century following the Protestant Reformation. Ramie Targoff challenges the conventional and largely misleading distinctions between the ritualized world of Catholicism and the more individualistic focus of Protestantism. Early modern England, she demonstrates, was characterized less by the triumph of religious interiority than by efforts to shape public forms of devotion. This provocatively revisionist argument will have major implications for early modern studies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough readings of William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eHamlet, \u003c\/i\u003e Richard Hooker's \u003ci\u003eLawes of Ecclesiastical Politie\u003c\/i\u003e, Philip Sidney's \u003ci\u003eApology for Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and his translations of the Psalms, John Donne's sermons and poems, and George Herbert's \u003ci\u003eThe Temple, \u003c\/i\u003e Targoff uncovers the period's pervasive and often surprising interest in cultivating public and formalized models of worship. At the heart of this study lies an original and daring approach to understanding the origins of devotional poetry; Targoff shows how the projects of composing eloquent verse and improving liturgical worship come to be deeply intertwined. New literary practices, then, became a powerful means of forging common prayer, or controlling private and otherwise unmanageable expressions of faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ramie Targoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226789699","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710651928713,"sku":"9780226789699","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6975b67b-161c-4257-86bf-02ce14c83fe3.jpg?v=1719540766","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/common-prayer-the-language-of-public-devotion-in-early-modern-england-9780226789699","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}