Session Details

Saturday, 27 December

105. Martyrdom in the English Renaissance

7:00–8:15 p.m., Franciscan C, Hilton

Program arranged by the Division on Literature of the English Renaissance, Excluding Shakespeare

Presiding: Margaret P. Hannay, Siena Coll.

1. “Of Martyrs and Miracles: The Contours of Belief in Early Modern England,” Susannah Brietz Monta, Univ. of Notre Dame

2. “John Fox and Christian Tragedy,” David K. Anderson, McGill Univ.

3. “‘Choosing Death as Due’: Martyrdom, Masculinity, and Suicide in Samson Agonistes,” Andrew Daniel, Johns Hopkins Univ.

For copies of abstracts, write to mquillig@duke.edu.

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