Imagining the Soul in Premodern Literature

Author:   Abe Davies
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
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Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 June 2021
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Author:   Abe Davies
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.467kg
ISBN:  

9783030663322


ISBN 10:   3030663329
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   29 June 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Poetics of Soul & Body from Early Medieval to Early Modern: Dualism and its Discontents.- Chapter 2: ‘The Spatial Turn, the Literary Soul and Travel in Donne and Descartes: ‘Thy Long-Short Progress’.- Chapter 3: Didactic Discourse and the Address to the Soul: Divinity Disciplined.- Chapter 4: The Ghostly Soul, Hamlet’s Experiments and Early Modern Void Space: ‘Nothing but Ourselves’.- Conclusion.

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“Erudite and compelling ... . unexpected and revelatory ... . rich and deeply accomplished ... bringing philosophical and existential concerns into direct and complex dialogue with questions of literary form. ... Copious and persuasive, Davies’s study is an excellent exploration … .” (Alison Searle, SHAKESPEARE, September 12, 2023)


“Thought-provoking ... . refreshing new perspectives ... . fascinating rereading of Hamlet's ghost within the discourse of early modern experimentalism and its reception of classical atomist notions of vacuity ... . is a showcase of just how much new and original insight may be gained from Davies's method.” (Gabriela Schmidt, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 76 (3), 2023) “An ambitiously wide ranging and earnestly but often delightfully quirky study of the literary representation of the soul. … packed full of creative connections and provocative new perspectives … . this study is a creative contribution not only to literary studies but also to intellectual history and to the histories of philosophy, science, and religion that is to be commended for its intellectual ambition and deserves a wide readership.” (David Parry, Modern Language Review, Vol. 118 (4), October 2023) “Erudite and compelling ... . unexpected and revelatory ... . rich and deeply accomplished ... bringing philosophical and existential concerns into direct and complex dialogue with questions of literary form. ... Copious and persuasive, Davies’s study is an excellent exploration … .” (Alison Searle, SHAKESPEARE, September 12, 2023)


“Thought-provoking ... . refreshing new perspectives ... . [Its] fascinating rereading of Hamlet's ghost within the discourse of early modern experimentalism and its reception of classical atomist notions of vacuity ... . is a showcase of just how much new and original insight may be gained from Davies's method.” (Gabriela Schmidt, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 76 (3), 2023) “An ambitiously wide ranging and earnestly but often delightfully quirky study of the literary representation of the soul. … packed full of creative connections and provocative new perspectives … . this study is a creative contribution not only to literary studies but also to intellectual history and to the histories of philosophy, science, and religion that is to be commended for its intellectual ambition and deserves a wide readership.” (David Parry, Modern Language Review, Vol. 118 (4), October 2023) “Erudite and compelling ... . unexpected and revelatory ... . rich and deeply accomplished ... bringing philosophical and existential concerns into direct and complex dialogue with questions of literary form. ... Copious and persuasive, Davies’s study is an excellent exploration … .” (Alison Searle, SHAKESPEARE, September 12, 2023)


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Abe Davies is a Visiting Scholar at the University of St Andrews, UK. Focused principally on the literature of the Renaissance, he is also interested in premodern literature more broadly and in thinking beyond conventional historiographies of the medieval and early modern periods. His work has appeared in journals including Essays in Criticism and Modern Language Review.

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