Medieval affect, feeling and emotion

Medieval affect, feeling and emotion

by Burger, Glenn Crocker, Holly A., (Holly Adryan)

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Representations of feeling in medieval literature are varied and complex. This new collection of essays demonstrates that the history of emotions and affect theory are similarly insufficient for investigating the intersection of body and mind that late Middle English literatures evoke. While medieval studies has generated a rich scholarly literature on 'affective piety', this collection charts an intersectional new investigation of affects, feelings, and emotions in non-religious contexts. From…

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  • Full title :Medieval affect, feeling and emotion / edited by Glenn D. Burger, Holly A. Crocker.

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Representations of feeling in medieval literature are varied and complex. This new collection of essays demonstrates that the history of emotions and affect theory are similarly insufficient for investigating the intersection of body and mind that late Middle English literatures evoke. While medieval studies has generated a rich scholarly literature on 'affective piety', this collection charts an intersectional new investigation of affects, feelings, and emotions in non-religious contexts. From Geoffrey Chaucer to Gavin Douglas, and from practices of witnessing to the adoration of objects, essays in this volume analyze the coexistence of emotion and affect in late medieval representations of feeling.

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  • Publication Date:2019.

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  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781108672474, 1108672477, 9781108634854, 1108634850, 9781108458887, 1108458882
  • oclc:on1091627727
  • LC Classification:PN56.E6
  • Dewey Decimal:384.550973/0905

Subjects

Affect (Psychology) in literature BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries Criticism, interpretation, etc Emotions in literature Literature, Medieval Literature, Medieval -- History and cri… Littérature médiévale -- Histoire et cr… TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Telecommuni…

Writers

Burger, Glenn Crocker, Holly A., (Holly Adryan)

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