Early Modern Literature in History

Craik, K.

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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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349515677

DOI: 10.1057/9780230206083

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 200