Julianne Sandberg is an Assistant Professor of English at Samford University, USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Body and Theology of a Reformed EucharistChapter 2: Eucharistic Comedy and Shakespeare’s Theatrical BodiesChapter 3: Spenser’s ‘massy mould’ and the Body of AllegoryChapter 4: Aemilia Lanyer’s Communion of ReadersChapter 5: Reading John Donne’s BodyConclusion Index

The book weaves together literary studies and religious studies with a fresh and materialist approach, and yields useful and important new perspectives on the assembled writers and texts.

Julianne Sandberg is an Assistant Professor of English at Samford University, USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Body and Theology of a Reformed EucharistChapter 2: Eucharistic Comedy and Shakespeare’s Theatrical BodiesChapter 3: Spenser’s ‘massy mould’ and the Body of AllegoryChapter 4: Aemilia Lanyer’s Communion of ReadersChapter 5: Reading John Donne’s BodyConclusion Index

The book weaves together literary studies and religious studies with a fresh and materialist approach, and yields useful and important new perspectives on the assembled writers and texts.

Julianne Sandberg is an Assistant Professor of English at Samford University, USA.

• IntroductionChapter 1: The Body and Theology of a Reformed EucharistChapter 2: Eucharistic Comedy and Shakespeare’s Theatrical BodiesChapter 3: Spenser’s ‘massy mould’ and the Body of AllegoryChapter 4: Aemilia Lanyer’s Communion of ReadersChapter 5: Reading John Donne’s BodyConclusion Index

The book weaves together literary studies and religious studies with a fresh and materialist approach, and yields useful and important new perspectives on the assembled writers and texts.