- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "The first full-length study of early modern contentment, this book examines the intersection of this guiding principle of English Protestant psychology with Renaissance literature, considering works by Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, and Sidney. It will prove illuminating for researchers of literature, history, religion and affect theory"--
- Uniform Title
- Emotion and the self in English Renaissance literature (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Emotion and the self in English Renaissance literature (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Constructing contentment in Reformation England -- Romancing contentment: sex, suffering, and the passions in Sidney's Arcadias -- Fashioning contentment: ethics, emotion, and literary mode in Spenser's poetry -- Performing contentment: communal affect and passionate disconnect in Shakespeare's As you like it and Othello -- Losing contentment: affect, environment, and empire in Milton's Paradise lost -- Conclusion: Regaining contentment?
- LCCN
- 2022036233
- OCLC
- ssj0002737165
- Author
Zajac, Paul Joseph, 1987-
- Title
Emotion and the self in English Renaissance literature [electronic resource] : reforming contentment / Paul Joseph Zajac.
- Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2023]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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