All things vain : religious satirists and their art / Robert A. Kantra

University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, 1984. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xviii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The varieties of satiric experience: theory and practice -- Jerome and Erasmus in Renaissance art -- ""Tragisatire"": legitimacy for an unchristened genre -- Miltonic and other Utopians -- ""Neare twins"" in religious sociology -- Magic and religion in ""Chesterbelloc"" -- A priestly art? The literary and other intentions of Benson and Knox -- Waiting for G�del: Beckett and Eliot -- The fiction of apostate and orthodox satire. Subjects; Religious satire, English History and criticism. Religious satire History and criticism. Arts and religion. Satire religieuse anglaise Histoire et critique. Satire religieuse Histoire et critique. Arts Aspect religieux. Arts and religion. Religious satire. Religious satire, English. Englisch. Literatur. Religion. Satire. Engels. Satires. Geschichte 1350-1980. Religious satire History and criticism. English literature History and criticism. English prose History and criticism. English literature Satire History Criticism. English humour History. Englisch. Religious satire, 1500-1983 - Critical studies. Religious satire 1500-1983.