- Series Statement
- Yale studies in English
- Uniform Title
- Virtue of sympathy (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Virtue of sympathy (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-406) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2014031335
- OCLC
- ssj0001406506
- Author
Lobis, Seth.
- Title
The virtue of sympathy [electronic resource] : magic, philosophy, and literature in seventeenth-century England / Seth Lobis.
- Imprint
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
- Description
1 online resource (x, 418 pages)
- Series
Yale studies in English
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-406) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Summary
"Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeare's The Tempest and building to a new reading of Milton's Paradise Lost, author Seth Lobis charts a profound change in the cultural meaning of sympathy during the seventeenth century. Having long referred to magical affinities in the universe, sympathy was increasingly understood to be a force of connection between people. By examining sympathy in literary and philosophical writing of the period, Lobis illuminates an extraordinary shift in human understanding"-- Provided by publisher.
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