Natural Law in English Renaissance Literature

Klappentext A wide-ranging study of a concept which underpinned Renaissance literature and continues to absorb contemporary thinkers. Zusammenfassung The concept of natural law dominated Renaissance thought! where its literary equivalent! poetic justice! underpinned much of the period's creative writing. R. S. White's study applies a vast area of intellectual history to imaginative literature across a variety of genres during the Renaissance period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Acknowledgements: 1. Natural Law in history and Renaissance literature; 2. The heritage of classical Natural Law; 3. The reception of Natural Law in Renaissance England; 4. Law and literature in sixteenth-century England; 5. More's Utopia; 6. 'Love is the fulfilling of the law': Arcadia and Love's Labour's Lost; 7. 'Hot temper leaps o'er a cold decree': The Merchant of Venice and Measure for Measure; 8. Shakespeare's The History of King Lear; 9. Milton and Natural Law; Epilogue: Hobbes and the demise of classical Natural Law; Appendix: Aquinas on the right to own private property; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: White R. S., R. S. White, R.S. White
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.11.1996
• EAN: 9780521481427
• ISBN: 978-0-521-48142-7
• Pagine: 308
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese