Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature Zajac Paul Joseph
Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature Zajac Paul Joseph This book offers the first full-length study of early modern contentment, the emotional and ethical principle that became the…
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Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature Zajac Paul Joseph
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. However, this book excavates an early modern understanding of contentment as dynamic, protective, and productive. Theorists and literary critics have equated contentedness with passivity, stagnation, and resignation.
Reformers explored contentedness as a means to preserve the self and prepare the individual to endure and engage the outside world. While this concept has roots in classical and medieval philosophy, contentment became newly significant because of the English Reformation. Their efforts existed alongside representations and revisions of contentment by authors including Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton.
By examining Renaissance models of
Literature in English
English Literature in Context
English Literature in Context