Discovering and Recovering the Seventeenth-Century Religious Lyric

We are inviting submissions for essays that focus on "discovering" and "recovering" aspects of the seventeenth-century religious lyric. The volume, embracing a variety of critical methodologies, will explore voices that are frequently neglected, such as recusant poets and women writers. Besides soliciting essays on Southwell, Alabaster, and Crashaw, we invite essays on lesser studied poets in the Anglo-Catholic tradition such as Sir John Beaumont, Henry Constable, Richard Verstegan, John Brereley [Lawrence Anderton], Patrick Cary, Henry Hawkins, and Thomas Ken. In addition, we welcome submissions on lesser known Anglican poets such as Henry King, Francis Quarles and others, as well as on Puritan poets such as Richard Sibbes. We also strongly encourage essays on the women writers of religious verse such as Aemilia Lanyer, An Collins, and Anne Wentworth. Finally, we will entertain essays discussing the more familiar poets and poems of the period as long as they lead to unique critical discoveries and recoveries. By exploring these neglected voices, we hope to provide a more accurate view of the seventeenth-century religious lyric within its religious, political, and cultural contexts.

Essays should be no longer than 25 double-spaced pages and should conform to the MLA Style Manual. All submissions and inquiries may be directed to either of the editors listed below.

Deadline: 1 May 1998

Eugene R. Cunnar
English Department
New Mexico St. University
Las Cruces, NM 88003
(505) 646-4816
ecunnar@nmsu.edu

Jeffrey Johnson
English Department
College Misericordia
Dallas, PA 18612
(717) 674-6423
jjohnson@miseri.edu

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(PD 24 January 1998)