Feeling Pleasures The Sense of Touch in Renaissance England

Feeling Pleasures argues that the sense of touch assumed a new and unique importance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and that the work of major poets of the period, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and John Milton, should be read alongside these developing ideas.

Info autore

Joe Moshenska was educated at Sidney Sussex, Cambridge, and at Princeton University, where he was initially the Eliza Jane Procter Visiting Fellow before receiving his PhD. He is now a Fellow and Lecturer in English at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he mostly teaches the literature and culture of Renaissance England.

Riassunto

Feeling Pleasures argues that the sense of touch assumed a new and unique importance in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and that the work of major poets of the period, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and John Milton, should be read alongside these developing ideas.

Testo aggiuntivo

[A]n impressive scholarly achievement. This thoughtfully observed and beautifully written book is a pleasure to read, and a moving reminder that the instinct toward intimate contact lies at the heart of all of our inquiries into the lost worlds of the past.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joe Moshenska, Joe (Fellow and Lecturer in English Moshenska, Moshenska Joe
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 30.10.2014
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Corsi per adulti / università popolare > Materiali per l'autoapprendimento generico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780198712947
• ISBN: 978-0-19-871294-7
• Numero di pagine: 402
• Categorie: SCIENCE / History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Science, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets