Donne and the politics of conscience in early modern England / / by Meg Lota Brown.

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 a...

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Superior document:Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 61
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Koln : : E.J. Brill,, [1995]
©1995
Year of Publication:1995
Language:English
Series:Studies in the history of Christian thought ; Volume 61.
Physical Description:1 online resource (172 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Meg Lota Brown
  • Acknowledgments / Meg Lota Brown
  • Chapter One Introduction: "Nothing Without Perplexities" / Meg Lota Brown
  • Chapter Two The Politics of Conscience: Contexts and Controversies / Meg Lota Brown
  • Chapter Three Case Divinity and the Argument of Donne's Prose / Meg Lota Brown
  • Chapter Four "In that the World's Contracted thus": Casuistry and Beyond in the Songs and Sonets / Meg Lota Brown
  • Chapter Five Conclusion / Meg Lota Brown
  • A Selected Bibliography / Meg Lota Brown
  • An Index of Names and Places / Meg Lota Brown
  • An Index of Subjects / Meg Lota Brown
  • Studies in the History of Christian Thought / Editor: Heiko A. Oberman.