The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Hackett Helen
The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Hackett Helen The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? These questions were as…
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The Elizabethan Mind: Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty Hackett Helen
The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mindWhat is the mind? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today--although their answers were often startlingly different. How does it relate to the body and soul?
This was a period of turbulence and transition, as persistent medieval theories competed with revived classical ideas and emerging scientific developments. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humours and passions, and was susceptible to the Devil's interference.In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Hackett sheds new light on works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, and Spenser, demonstrating how ideas about the mind shaped new literary and theatrical forms.
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