: Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England
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\ Seth Lobis
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New Haven
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: Yale University Press
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, 2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 418 p.
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Yale studies in English
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The ebook format of this book is available
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Bibliography
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Index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"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"--
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century
Sympathy -- England -- History -- 17th century
Sympathy in literature
Social ethics -- England -- History -- 17th century
England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century
ادبیات انگلیسی -- انگلیسی جدید، ۱۵۰۰ - ۱۷۰۰م. -- تاریخ و نقد
ادبیات -- جنبههای اجتماعی -- انگلستان -- تاریخ -- قرن ۱۷م.
همدردی -- انگلستان -- تاریخ -- قرن ۱۷م.
اخلاق اجتماعی -- انگلستان -- تاریخ -- قرن ۱۷م.