The argument is bold and, as it is formulated here, a novel one. Moreover, Cummings has a talent for the striking and memorable formulation

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; THE REFORMATION AND LITERARY CULTURE ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; REVOLUTIONARY ENGLISH ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index

The argument is bold and, as it is formulated here, a novel one. Moreover, Cummings has a talent for the striking and memorable formulation

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; THE REFORMATION AND LITERARY CULTURE ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; REVOLUTIONARY ENGLISH ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index

The argument is bold and, as it is formulated here, a novel one. Moreover, Cummings has a talent for the striking and memorable formulation

• Note to the Reader ; Abbreviations ; THE REFORMATION AND LITERARY CULTURE ; I. HUMANISM AND THEOLOGY IN NORTHERN EUROPE 1512-1527 ; The Reformation of the Reader ; New Grammar and New Theology ; Erasmus contra Luther ; II. THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1521-1603 ; Vernacular Theology ; Protestant Culture ; III. LITERATURE AND THE ENGLISH REFORMATIONS 1580-1640 ; Calvinist and Anti-Calvinist ; Recusant Poetry ; God's Grammar ; REVOLUTIONARY ENGLISH ; Primary Sources ; Secondary Sources ; Index