Passion''s Triumph Over Reason - A History of the Moral Imagination From Spenser to Rochester

Zusatztext Tilmouth's book features thorough and often insightful analysis Klappentext Christopher Tilmouth's study of Early Modern ideas of emotion, self-indulgence, and self-control explores a series of philosophical authors in relation to poets and dramatists of the period 1580 to 1680. Aristotle, Aquinas, Augustine, and Hobbes receive detailed treatment, alongside Spenser, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, and the Earl of Rochester. Zusammenfassung Christopher Tilmouth's study of Early Modern ideas of emotion, self-indulgence, and self-control explores a series of philosophical authors in relation to poets and dramatists of the period 1580 to 1680. Aristotle, Aquinas, Augustine, and Hobbes receive detailed treatment, alongside Spenser, Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton, and the Earl of Rochester.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Tilmouth, Christopher (University Lecturer in Engl Tilmouth, Christopher (University Lecturer in English Tilmouth
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9780199593040
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959304-0
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Philosophiegeschichte, Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter