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Author:

Low, Anthony, 1935-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Duquesne University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xxi, 242 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Self in literature.
Literature and society--England--History--17th century.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Individuality in literature.
Subjectivity in literature.

Notes:

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

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.

Series:

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

ISBN:

9780820703374 (acid-free paper)
0820703370 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)50761075

LCCN:

2002151237

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)