Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-90-04-10157-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 61, 159 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 249 mm, Gewicht: 477 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

Donne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England examines the responses of John Donne and his contemporaries to post-Reformation debate about authority and interpretation. It argues that the legal and epistemological principles, as well as the narrative practices, of casuistry provided an important resource for those caught in the welter of conflicting laws and religions.
The first two chapters explore the political, historical, and theological contexts of casuistry, locating Donne in debates about the limits of reason and the relativity of law and ethics. Chapter three addresses Donne's concern with problems of moral decision and action, of knowledge and definition, in five of his prose works. Chapter four examines ways in which his verse assimilates and wittily subverts casuists' responses to epistemological and linguistic uncertainty.
The study is particularly useful for literary critics, intellectual historians, and theologians.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Meg Lota

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Über Autor(innen)

Meg Lota Brown, Ph.D. (1987) in English Literature, University of California at Berkeley, is Assistant Professor of Literature at the University of Arizona. She has published articles on Donne, Rachel Speght, and Reformation history, theology, and politics.