ISBN: 9780521120142

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Hardback. New. The seventeenth century saw some of the most important legal changes in England's history, yet the period has been largely overlooked in the rich field of literature a… More...

Hardback. New. The seventeenth century saw some of the most important legal changes in England's history, yet the period has been largely overlooked in the rich field of literature and law. Helping to fill this gap, The Legal Epic is the first book to situate the great poet and polemicist John Milton at the center of late seventeenth-century legal history. Alison A. Chapman argues that Milton's Paradise Lost sits at the apex of the early modern period's long fascination with law and judicial processes. Milton's world saw law and religion as linked disciplines and thought therefore that in different ways, both law and religion should reflect the will of God. Throughout Paradise Lost, Milton invites his readers to judge actions using not only reason and conscience but also core principles of early modern jurisprudence. Law thus informs Milton's attempt to &quot;justify the ways of God to men&quot; and points readers toward the types of legal justice that should prevail on earth. Adding to the growing interest in the cultural history of law, The Legal Epic shows that England's preeminent epic poem is also a sustained reflection on the role that law plays in human society., 6, Paperback / softback. New. Early modern literature played a key role in the formation of the legal justification for imperialism. In this insightful and ambitious study, Brian Lockey analyses how such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney helped develop new legal discourses, and uncovers new contexts for the genre of romance., 6<

ISBN: 9780521120142

Early modern literature played a key role in the formation of the legal justification for imperialism. As the English colonial enterprise developed, the existing legal tradition of common… More...

Early modern literature played a key role in the formation of the legal justification for imperialism. As the English colonial enterprise developed, the existing legal tradition of common law no longer solved the moral dilemmas of the new world order, in which England had become, instead of a victim of Catholic enemies, an aggressive force with its own overseas territories. Writers of romance fiction employed narrative strategies in order to resolve this difficulty and, in the process, provided a legal basis for English imperialism. Brian Lockey analyses works by such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney in the light of these legal discourses, and uncovers new contexts for the genre of romance. Scholars of early modern literature, as well as those interested in the history of law as the British Empire emerged, will learn much from this insightful and ambitious study. Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Classics>Lit Studies>Lit Theory & Criticism, Cambridge University Press Core >1<

2009, ISBN: 0521120144

[EAN: 9780521120142], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], LITERARY CRITICISM RENAISSANCE, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie ged… More...

[EAN: 9780521120142], Neubuch, [PU: Cambridge University Press], LITERARY CRITICISM RENAISSANCE, Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Early modern literature played a key role in the formation of the legal justification for imperialism. In this insightful and ambitious study, Brian Lockey analyses how such authors as Shakespeare, Spenser and Sidney helped develop new legal discourses, and., Books<

2009, ISBN: 9780521120142

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Cambridge University Press], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Early modern literature p… More...

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Cambridge University Press], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Early modern literature played a key role in the formation of the legal justification for imperialism. In this insightful and ambitious study, Brian Lockey anal, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 248, [GW: 408g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<

2009, ISBN: 0521120144

Kartoniert / Broschiert LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]