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Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature : Reforming Contentment by Paul Joseph Zajac (2022, Hardcover)
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Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature : Reforming Contentment, Hardcover by Zajac, Paul Joseph, ISBN 1009271660, ISBN-13 9781009271660, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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"--
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PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101009271660
ISBN-139781009271660
eBay Product ID (ePID)13057248595
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Book TitleEmotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature : Reforming Contentment
Number of Pages232 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2022
TopicEuropean / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism
AuthorPaul Joseph Zajac
FormatHardcover
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Item Height0.7 in
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.2 in
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LCCN2022-036233
Dewey Edition23
Reviews'A valuable and timely contribution to the burgeoning study of the history of emotions, Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature situates itself very effectively within this field and makes a strong case for the importance of contentment both as an emotion itself and as a fertile discursive territory in the English Renaissance. Paul Zajac advances our understanding by showing how important the positive emotion of contentment - overlapping with neo-Stoic ethics, but not the same - is to reformed Christian thinking.' Mary Ann Lund, Associate Professor in Renaissance English Literature, University of Leicester, 'Paul Zajac assembles here a remarkable archive of contentment for the early modern period. His wealth of primary sources, his elegant negotiation of spiritual and political discourses of the self, and his bold analyses of a startling range of dramatic and poetic genres make Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature essential reading in the scholarship on literature, religion, and the history of emotions.' Heather Hirschfeld, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Dewey Decimal820.935309031
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Constructing contentment in Reformation England; 2. Romancing contentment: sex, suffering, and the passions in Sidney's Arcadias; 3. Fashioning contentment: ethics, emotion, and literary mode in Spenser's poetry; 4. Performing contentment: communal affect and passionate disconnect in Shakespeare's As You Like It and Othello; 5. Losing contentment: Affect, environment, and empire in Milton's Paradise Lost; Conclusion: regaining contentment?
SynopsisThe 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., This book offers the first full-length study of early modern contentment, the emotional and ethical principle that became the gold standard of English Protestant psychology and an abiding concern of English Renaissance literature. Theorists and literary critics have equated contentedness with passivity, stagnation, and resignation. However, this book excavates an early modern understanding of contentment as dynamic, protective, and productive. While this concept has roots in classical and medieval philosophy, contentment became newly significant because of the English Reformation. Reformers explored contentedness as a means to preserve the self and prepare the individual to endure and engage the outside world. Their efforts existed alongside representations and revisions of contentment by authors including Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton. By examining Renaissance models of contentment, this book explores alternatives to Calvinist despair, resists scholarly emphasis on negative emotions, and reaffirms the value of formal concerns to studies of literature, religion, and affect.
LC Classification NumberPR418.C68Z35 2023
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