Christ Revealed: The History of the Neotypological Lyric in the English Renaissance (review)

Abstract

typological" to refer to the distinctive lyric persona of selected religious poetry. Through an unfolding process of selfperception, the lyric persona identifies with traits of Old Testament types — for example, with David's remorse over human failings. Such identification leads to intense selfexamination on the part of the lyric persona, who by perceiving himself as a failure in his own era and circumstances becomes