Southwell's THE PRESENTATION

Cousins and Webb comment on the lyrics of Robert Southwell's The Presentation. Among other things, they note that as a meditative lyric based on Luke 2.22-38, the poem covertly plays Simeon and the implied reader against the figure of Joseph, thus calculatedly disrupting the scriptural narrativ...

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Published in:The Explicator 2005, Vol.64 (1), p.2-3
Main Authors: Cousins, A. D., Webb, R. J.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Literary criticism
Poetry
Poets
Reading
Southwell, Robert, Saint (1561-1595)
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Summary:Cousins and Webb comment on the lyrics of Robert Southwell's The Presentation. Among other things, they note that as a meditative lyric based on Luke 2.22-38, the poem covertly plays Simeon and the implied reader against the figure of Joseph, thus calculatedly disrupting the scriptural narrative of Christ's presentation in the temple.
ISSN:0014-4940
1939-926X
DOI:10.1080/00144940509604795