Play of Conscience in Shakespeares England

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.

List of contents

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?

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Jade Standing
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032398167
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3239816-7
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Routledge Studies in Shakespeare
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Shakespeare, Artificial Intelligence, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare, DRAMA / Shakespeare, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: general, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays