Imitatio Christi

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Explores the relationship of the traditional devotional paradigm of imitatio Christi to the theory and practice of literary imitation in early modern England. Nandra Perry examines the role of the imitatio Christi within English devotional culture and within the broader culture of literary imitation. She traces continuities and discontinuities between sacred and secular notions of proper imitation, showing how imitation worked in both contexts to address anxieties about the reliability of "fallen” human language and the epistemological value of the body and the material world.