| Description |
1 online resource (232 pages) |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory |
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Literary criticism and cultural theory.
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| Contents |
Front cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Renaissance Equity in Classical Perspective; Chapter Two. Equity; Chapter Three. Equity (Aequitas) in Thomas More's Utopia; Chapter Four. Equity in Book V of Spenser's: The Faerie Queene; Appendix A: Equity in Hobbes' Leviathan; Appendix B1; Appendix C: Equity in Cicero's Verrine Oration; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover |
| Summary |
Addressing the two principal literary works in which transformation in the meaning of equity in sixteenth century England becomes apparent, Thomas More's ''Utopia'' and Edmund Spenser's ''Faerie Queene'', this work sketches the history of equity to its roots in the Greek concept of ''epieikeia'', presenting both distinctions, and an esoteric meaning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-209) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599. Faerie queene.
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535. Utopia.
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 -- Knowledge -- Law
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535 -- Knowledge -- Law
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More, Thomas, Saint, 1478-1535 fast |
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Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 fast |
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More, Thomas. Utopia. swd |
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Spenser, Edmund. Faerie queene 5. swd |
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Faerie queene (Spenser, Edmund) fast |
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Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint) fast |
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Law and literature -- History -- 16th century
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Law and literature -- History -- 17th century
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Equity -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Equity -- England -- History -- 17th century
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Equity in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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English literature -- Early modern
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Equity
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Equity in literature
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Law
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Law and literature
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Recht Motiv
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England
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203959985 |
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0203959981 |
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