Virtue of Sympathy - Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England

"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"--

Riassunto

A revealing look at how the cultural meaning of sympathy shifted during the seventeenth century

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Seth Lobis, Lobis Seth
• Editore: Yale University Press Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 08.01.2015
• EAN: 9780300192032
• ISBN: 978-0-300-19203-2
• Pagine: 432
• Serie: Yale Studies in English; Yale Studies in English
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; History of Ideas, English, HISTORY / Social History, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800