Conscience in Early Modern English Literature

ISBN-13: 9781108418737 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 224 str.

Abraham Stoll

Opis

This is an examination of how early modern poets attempt to capture the experience of being in the grip of conscience.

Recenzje

'Illuminating in a number of specific ways, and well worth the reader's time for them … bright moments can be found throughout the book. I recommend it happily…' John E. Curran, Jr, Modern Philology

Spis treści

Introduction: thus conscience; 1. Destructuring: Aquinas, Luther, Perkins; 2. Spenser's allegorical conscience; 3. Con-science in Macbeth; 4. Casuistry and antinomianism; 5. Public discourses: toleration, revolution, sovereignty; 6. Milton's expansive conscience; Bibliography; Index.