Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1605 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Religion as Common Ground
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The idea
Scripture and doctrine were shared vocabulary, so religious language appears in love poems and plays without signalling piety. Donne's lovers are described in devotional terms and Faustus's damnation is a literal stake. Reading religious diction as automatically devout misreads the age.
In practice
Religious diction, not always devout.
Where people slip
It was shared vocabulary.
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