Natural law in English Renaissance literature / R.S. White.

Natural law, whether grounded in human reason or divine edict, encourages men to follow virtue and shun vice. The concept dominated Renaissance thought, where its literary equivalent, poetic justice, underpinned much of the period's creative writing. R. S. White's study examines a wide ran...

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Main Author:	White, R. S., 1948- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Subjects:	English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Didactic literature, English > History and criticism. Natural law > History > 16th century. Natural law > History > 17th century. Natural law in literature. Renaissance > England.
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511553400
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