Equity in English Renaissance Literature

Name: Equity in English Renaissance Literature
Brand: Routledge
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By Andrew Majeske

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This book accounts for the previously inadequately explained transformation in the meaning of equity in sixteenth century England, a transformation which, intriguingly, first comes to light in literary texts rather than political or legal treatises. The book address the two principal literary works in which the transformation becomes apparent, Thomas More's Utopia and Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, and sketches the history of equity to its roots in the Greek concept of epieikeia, uncovering along the way both previously unexplained distinctions, and a long-obscured esoteric meaning. These rediscoveries, when brought to bear upon the Utopia and Faerie Queene, illuminate critical though relatively neglected textual passages that have long puzzled scholars.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 232
Release Date:: 2006-07-11
Publication Date:: 2006-07-18
Publisher:: Routledge
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0415977053
ISBN13:: 9780415977050
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 533 g
Height:: 157 cm
Width:: 235 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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