The Catholic Imaginary and the Cults of Elizabeth, 1558-1582

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'... a well-researched, exhaustively argued, highly readable and challenging scholarly work. It is essential to both academics and students interested in early Elizabethan Petrarchan poetry, and the religio-political context of the Reformation.' Parergon 'Hamrick's study is strong in the range of texts it discusses and for setting them within their political and religious contexts. ... he builds well on recent historical and cultural studies that show the pervading influence of Catholic sensibilities within Elizabethan England.' Catholic Historical Review 'With these poets, Stephen Hamrick features men from across the spectrum of religious beliefs current in early Elizabethan England, and shows how they both celebrated the queen and drew upon religious imagery to promote the majesty of her office and of her person. Hamrick is to be congratulated on making the roots of the cult of the virgin queen in the second half of Elizabeth's reign more intelligible.' Sixteenth Century Journal '[Hamrick's] book paints a broader canvas in which a range of beliefs, practices and institutions associated with traditional religion - processions, ritualism, the sacrifice of the Mass, confession, hagiography, purgatory and Catholic funerary rites - are deployed by writers operating within the genre of love poetry or deploying the Petrarchan mode. For this reason alone, it should be essential reading for anyone interested in English Petrarchanism.' Journal of Northern Renaissance 'Hamrick's book is bold, fluent and well-crafted. It opens up new vistas of textual investigation and it ought to be read by every student of the period's literature.' Early Modern Literary Studies