Examines the place of literature in the Reformation, considering both how arguments about biblical meaning and literary interpretation influenced theology, and how developments in theology in turn influenced literary practices. This title offers a re-evaluation of the literary production of this intensely verbal and controversial period.
To examine the Reformation in writing and the writing of the Reformation is to uncover an unfamiliar archaeology of religion: an underground network of text and commentary, of translation and controversy. In this study, Brian Cummings not only provides a new visibility to the complex cultural processes of writing in England and the Continent, he also underlines the significance of the neglected hinterland of grammar during this turbulent period.
...this is a marvellous book, written with style and humour, explaining complex issues with enviable clarity.
