Back to Burckhardt (plus the reformations) -- In defense of passion and the body -- Against the rule of reason: praise of passion from Petrarch to Luther to Shakespeare to Herbert -- Against judgment: Petrarch and Shakespeare at sonnets -- Against morality: from Richard III to Antony and Cleopatra -- Appendix 1: Shakespearean seduction -- Appendix 2: morality and the happy infant: the case of Macbeth -- In defense of worldliness -- Sanctifying the bourgeoisie: the cultural work of the comedy of errors -- Appendix: sanctifying the aristocracy: from Ignatius Loyola to François de Sales (and then to Donne and Herbert) -- In defense of pride -- Self-revelation and self-satisfaction in Montaigne and Descartes -- Milton against humility -- Appendix: "lordly command?"
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PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Petrarca, Francesco,1304-1374-- Criticism and interpretation
Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Criticism and interpretation
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English literature-- Early modern, 1500-1700-- History and criticism
European literature-- Renaissance, 1450-1600-- History and criticism