Umfang:
x, 418 S.
,
25 cm
ISBN:
9780300192032
,
0300192037
Serie:
Yale studies in English
Inhalt:
Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeares 'The Tempest' and building to a new reading of Miltons 'Paradise Lost', author Seth Lobis charts a profound change in the cultural meaning of sympathy during the seventeenth century. Having long referred to magical affinities in the universe, sympathy was increasingly understood to be a force of connection between people. By examining sympathy in literary and philosophical writing of the period, Lobis illuminates an extraordinary shift in human understanding
Inhalt:
"Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeare's The Tempest and building to a new reading of Milton's Paradise Lost, author Seth Lobis charts a profound change in the cultural meaning of sympathy during the seventeenth century. Having long referred to magical affinities in the universe, sympathy was increasingly understood to be a force of connection between people. By examining sympathy in literary and philosophical writing of the period, Lobis illuminates an extraordinary shift in human understanding"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-406) and index
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Strauss, Johann 1825-1899
;
Geschichte 1600-1700
;
Großbritannien
;
Literatur
;
Sozialgeschichte
;
Geschichte 1500-1700
;
Englisch
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1600-1700
;
Großbritannien
;
Literatur
;
Sozialgeschichte 1600-1700
URL:
http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=9780300192032
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