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  3. Compassion in Early Modern Literature and Culture
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
April 2021
Print publication year:
2021
Online ISBN:
9781108862172
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108862172
Subjects:
Literature, Area Studies, Renaissance and Early Modern Literature, European Literature, European Studies
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Book description

This collection is an enquiry into compassion as an early modern emotional phenomenon, situating it within the complexity of European economic, social, cultural and religious tensions. Drawing on recent work in the history of emotions, leading scholars consider the particularities of early modern compassion, demonstrating its entanglements with diverse genres and geographies. Chapters on canonical and less familiar works explore tragedy, comedy, sermons, philosophy, treatises on consolation, medical writing, and dramatic theory, showing how early modern compassion shaped attitudes and social structures that remain central to the way we imagine our response to suffering today, and how such investigations can ultimately provoke new ways of thinking about community in contemporary Europe.

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‘… a convincing alternative to rigorous compassion scepticism …'

James Waddell Source: Modern Language Review

‘Its commendable coherence is determined by both the central theme and the well-thought-through structure, which supports the topic’s conceptualization … the volume is a valuable contribution on a timely topic …’

Mirosława Hanusiewicz-Lavallee Source: Journal of Jesuit Studies

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