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- Title
w/Sincerity, Part I: The Drama of the Will from Augustine to Milton.
- Authors
Smith, Matthew J.
- Abstract
Studies of secularism and modern selfhood locate a transition in the early modern period toward the moral explanatory power of the self, by itself. In this essay, I challenge this view first by locating a distinct form of moral autonomy (sincerely sinning) in the work of Augustine, Anselm, and Scotus, and second by demonstrating this development’s fraught legacy in early Protestant forms of conscience. Finally, I apply this history of sincerity to readings of Milton and Shakespeare, writers who illustrate the thematic potential of competing forms of sincerity and of the drama of the will.
- Subjects
AUGUSTINE, Saint, Bishop of Hippo, 354-430; AUTHENTICITY (Philosophy); EARLY modern history; DUNS Scotus, John, ca. 1266-1308; SINCERITY
- Publication
Christianity & Literature, 2017, Vol 67, Issue 1, p8
- ISSN
0148-3331
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0148333117734163