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.

"Challenging recent work that contends that seventeenth-century English discourses privilege the notion of a self-enclosed, self-sufficient individual, The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature recovers a counter-tradition that imagines selves as more passively prompted than actively...

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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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