The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770

The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / Scott Paul Gordon.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gordon, Scott Paul, 1965-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
1500-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Passivity (Psychology) in literature.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century.
Ethics in literature.
Self in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Litterature anglaise > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Passivite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Litterature anglaise > 17e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Christianisme et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Christianisme et litterature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 17e siecle.
Morale dans la litterature.
Moi (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Christianity and literature
English literature
English literature > Early modern
Ethics in literature
Passivity (Psychology) in literature
Self in literature
Individuum
Literatur
Passivität
Protestantismus
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Passiviteit.
Christelijke ethiek.
Zelf.
Great Britain
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. "Spring and motive of our actions": disinterest and self-interest
  • "Acted by another": agency and action in early modern England
  • "The belief of the people": Thomas Hobbes and the battle over the heroic
  • "For want of some heedfull eye": Mr. Spectator and the power of spectacle
  • "For its own sake": virtue and agency in early eighteenth-century England
  • "Not perform'd at all": managing Garrick's body in eighteenth-century England
  • "I wrote my heart": Richardson's Clarissa and the tactics of sentiment
  • Epilogue: "A sign of so noble a passion": the politics of disinterested selves.

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