Natural Law in English Renaissance Literature

by White R. S. and R.S. White

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Natural Law, whether grounded in human reason or divine edict, encourages humankind to follow virtue and shun vice. The concept dominated Renaissance thought, where its literary equivalent, poetic justice, underpinned much of the period's creative writing. Robert White examines a wide range of Renaissance texts to show how writers as radically different as Milton and Hobbes formulated versions of Natural Law that served to maintain socially established...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:052103289X

ISBN13:9780521032896

Release Date:February 2007

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:308 Pages

Weight:0.99 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

16th Century English Literature Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Renaissance

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