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Immateriality and Early Modern English Literature: Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert

Immateriality and Early Modern English Literature: Shakespeare, Donne, Herbert

Knapp, James A.

Hardcover

Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 147445710X
ISBN13: 9781474457101
Publisher: Edinburgh Univ Pr
Published: Apr 21 2020
Pages: 440
Weight: 1.70
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.30
Language: English

Examines literary engagement with immateriality since the 'material turn' in early modern studies
Provides six case studies of works by Shakespeare, Donne, and Herbert, offering new readings of important literary texts of the English Renaissance alongside detailed chapters outlining attitudes towards immateriality in works of natural philosophy, medicine, and theologyEmploys an innovative organization around three major areas in which problem of immaterial was particularly pitched: Ontology, Theology, and Psychology (or Being, Believing, and Thinking)Includes wide-ranging references to early modern literary, philosophical, and theological textsDemonstrates how innovations in natural philosophy influenced thought about the natural world and how it was portrayed in literatureEngages with current early modern scholarship in the areas of material culture, cognitive literary studies, and phenomenology

Immateriality and Early Modern English Literature explores how early modern writers responded to rapidly shifting ideas about the interrelation of their natural and spiritual worlds. It provides six case studies of works by Shakespeare, Donne and Herbert, offering new readings of important literary texts of the English Renaissance alongside detailed chapters outlining attitudes towards immateriality in works of natural philosophy, medicine and theology. Building on the importance of addressing material culture in order to understand early modern literature, Knapp demonstrates how the literary imagination was shaped by changing attitudes toward the immaterial realm.

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