The Play of Conscience in Shakespeare's England

ISBN-13: 9781032398150 / Twarda / 2023 / 184 str.

Jade Standing

Opis

This book sheds light on the reckoning and judgement of conscience by demonstrating how these concepts are explored in Everyman, Doctor Faustus, The Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet. 

Spis treści

Introduction: The Play of Conscience

 

Chapter 1: Everyman’s Reckonings

 

Chapter 2: Bureaucratised Conscience in Doctor Faustus

 

Chapter 3: Civic Conscience in The Merchant of Venice

 

Chapter 4: Conscience-Caught in Hamlet

 

Conclusion: Artificial Conscience?

O autorze

Jade Standing is the George Whalley Visiting Professor in Early Modern Literature at Queen's University (2023-2024).