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Bold conscience : Luther to Shakespeare to Milton /

'Bold Conscience' chronicles the shifting conception of conscience in early modern England, as it evolved from a faculty of restraint, what the author labels "cowardly conscience," to one of bold and forthright self-assertion. Caught at the vortex of public and private concerns,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Held, Joshua Raymond (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2023].
Series:Strode studies in early modern literature and culture.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Criticism and interpretation.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Criticism and interpretation.
Milton, John, > 1608-1674 > Criticism and interpretation.
Conscience in literature.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 16th century.
Christianity and politics > History > 17th century.
Christianity and politics > History > 16th century.
Conscience > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Table of Contents:
  • Conscience in Luther and Henry VIII
  • Shakespearean consciences : Hamlet in Wittenberg
  • More Shakespearean consciences : looking back at Henry VIII's conscience
  • Supporting conscience in Donne's sermons
  • The toleration crisis of 1644
  • Contesting conscience in Eikon Basilike and Eikonoklastes
  • Revising conscience in Paradise lost.