Tears in Heaven: Tracing the Contours of a Pan-European Transconfessional Genre
This article explores the genesis, proliferation, and readership of an understudied genre of religious poetry in early modern Europe. The weeping poem—a devotional literary genre combining elements of epic narrative and Petrarchan lyric that focused specifically on the religious grief of biblical fi...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-12-01
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Series: | Humanities |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/1/4 |