Passion's fictions from Shakespeare to Richardson : literature and the sciences of soul and mind /

This work traces the intimate links between literature and the sciences of mind and soul from the age of Shakespeare to the rise of the novel. It chronicles the emergence of new sciences of the passions between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and it argues that this history was shaped by rhe...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Robinson, Benedict S.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
This work traces the intimate links between literature and the sciences of mind and soul from the age of Shakespeare to the rise of the novel. It chronicles the emergence of new sciences of the passions between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, and it argues that this history was shaped by rhetoric that contained the most extensively particularized discourse on the passions, offering principles for moving and affecting the passions of others in concrete social scenes.
Umfang:
1 online resource (288 pages).
Anmerkungen:
This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-190568-2
0-19-264024-0
Schlagworte:
1500-1799
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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