The Casuistical Tradition in Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, and Milton /

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To show how the casuistical tradition illuminates the study of major literary works in the English Renaissance, Camille Slights traces the emergence of casuistry in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and discusses its influence on the moral imaginations of Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert, and Milto...

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Main Author: Slights, Camille Wells (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Protestantism and literature.
Ethics in literature.
English literature > Early modern.
Didactic literature, English.
Conscience in literature.
Casuistry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Protestantisme et litterature.
Morale dans la litterature.
Conscience (Morale) dans la litterature.
Casuistique > Histoire.
Litterature didactique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Casuistry > History.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The tradition
  • Method as form
  • Cases of conscience in Shakespeare's tragedies
  • John Donne as casuist
  • Casuistry in The temple
  • Milton's hero of conscience.

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