Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1 Sacrament, Time, and Space in the Tudor and Stuart English Nativity Lyric 1
5. 2 The Christ Child on Fire: Southwell’s Mighty Babe 32
6. 3 “Kisse Him, and with Him into Egypt Goe”: John Donne and the Christ Child of “Nativitie” 54
7. 4 “My Saviour’s Face”: George Herbert’s “Starre” and the Vanishing Christ Child 69
8. 5 “Wisest Fate Says No”: Milton’s Nativity Ode 91
9. 6 “We Kis’t the Cradle of Our King”: Affection, Awe, and Abridging the Laws of Time in Crashaw 115
10. Conclusion: The Christ Child: Little Boy Lost 133
11. Notes 147
12. Bibliography 187
13. Index 221