The Rivalrous Renaissance

Auteur

Bradley J. Irish is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He is the author of Emotion in the Tudor Court: Literature, History, and Early Modern Feeling (2018) and Shakespeare and Disgust: The History and Science of Early Modern Revulsion (2023).

Texte du rabat

Envy and jealousy are the emotions that fuel interpersonal rivalry, and interpersonal rivalry is a cornerstone of literature. Emerging from growing scholarly interest in the history of emotion, The Rivalrous Renaissance is the first full-length study of envy and jealousy in Renaissance England.

Contenu

Introduction Part 1: Context Studies 1. Envy in Early Modern England 2. Jealousy in Early Modern England Part 2: Genre and Author Studies 3. Envy and Jealousy in Renaissance Love Lyrics 4. Envy and Jealousy in Shakespeare 5. Envy and Jealousy in Non-Shakespearean Drama Part 3: Literary Case Studies 6. Jealousy and Suspicion in Gascoigne's The Adventures of Master F.J. 7. The Rivalrous Emotions in Spenser's The Shepheardes Calendar 8. Envy, Jealousy, and Zeal in Milton's Paradise Lost. Conclusion