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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Main Authors: Anne Boemler, Bryan Brazeau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/11/1/4