Reading Sensations in Early Modern England

Reading Sensations in Early Modern England
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 212
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ISBN-10 : 9780230206083
ISBN-13 : 0230206085
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Download or read book Reading Sensations in Early Modern England written by K. Craik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-04-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Renaissance literature affect readers' minds, bodies and souls? In what ways did the history of literary experience overlap with the history of humours and emotions? This book argues that a new aesthetic vocabulary based on the theory of the passions was formulated in the Renaissance to describe the affective power of literature.


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