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.
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