Aspects of subjectivity : society and individuality from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare and Milton / Anthony Low.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Low, Anthony, 1935-

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance literary studies

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

Self in literature.

Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Literature and society.

England.

History.

Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.

Individuality in literature.

Subjectivity in literature.

Physical Description:

xxi, 242 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2003]

Contents:

Exile in the tenth century : alienation and subjectivity in The wanderer

Privacy and community : medieval confession and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sin and penance at the Reformation : Redcrosse, the church, and everyman

Hamlet and the ghost of purgatory : intimations of killing the father

"Umpire conscience" : freedom and obedience in Paradise lost

The fall into subjectivity : Milton's "paradise within" and "abyss of fears and horrors"

Theoretical considerations and conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-237) and index.

ISBN:

0820703370

OCLC:

50761075