Virtue of Sympathy

Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England

von Seth Lobis

430 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: YALE UNIV PR
• ISBN: 9780300192032
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.12.2014
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Yale University Press