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The Virtue of Sympathy: Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England

By Seth , Lobis

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780300192032, 6320148209, 0300192037
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2601755 bytes)
Pages
432\429
Time added
2020-11-29 05:14:02

Description

Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeare’sThe Tempestand building to a new reading of Milton’sParadise 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.

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