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Equity in English Renaissance literature : Thomas More and Edmund Spenser / Andrew J. Majeske.
Van Pelt Library PR428.L37 M35 2006
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR428.L37 M35 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Majeske, Andrew J.
- Series:
- Literary criticism and cultural theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Law and literature--History--16th century.
- Law and literature.
- History.
- Law and literature--History--17th century.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
- Spenser, Edmund.
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
- More, Thomas.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599--Knowledge and learning--Law.
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599.
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535--Knowledge and learning--Law.
- More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535.
- Equity--England--History--16th century.
- Equity.
- Equity--England--History--17th century.
- Equity in literature.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, [2006]
- Summary:
- This book accounts for the previously inadequately explained transformation in the meaning of equity in sixteenth century England, a transformation which, intriguingly, first comes to light in literary texts rather than political or legal treatises. The book address the two principal literary works in which the transformation becomes apparent, Thomas More's" Utopia" and Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queene," and sketches the history of equity to its roots in the Greek concept of "epieikeia," uncovering along the way both previously unexplained distinctions, and a long-obscured esoteric meaning. These rediscoveries, when brought to bear upon the "Utopia "and "Faerie Queene," illuminate critical though relatively neglected textual passages that have long puzzled scholars.
- Contents:
- Renaissance equity in classical perspective
- Equity in Aristotle and Plato
- Equity (aequitas) in Thomas More's Utopia
- Equity in book V of Spenser's The faerie queene.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415977053
- OCLC:
- 65165335
- Publisher Number:
- 9780415977050
- Online:
- Publisher description
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