Paul Joseph Zajac

Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature (eBook, PDF)

Reforming Contentment

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Produktbeschreibung

Unearthing a little-studied Reformation discourse of contentment, this book shows its surprising significance in Renaissance literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009271677
• Artikelnr.: 70913927

Autorenporträt

Paul Joseph Zajac is Associate Professor of English at McDaniel College. His scholarly articles have appeared in English Literary Renaissance, Studies in English Literature, Studies in Philology, and Philological Quarterly, among others.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
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?