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Passion's triumph over reason a history of the moral imagination from Spenser to Rochester

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  • ""Passion's Triumph over Reason" presents a comprehensive survey of ideas of emotion, appetite, and self-control in English literature and moral thought of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In a narrative which draws on tragedy, epic poetry, and moral philosophy, Christopher Tilmouth explores how Renaissance writers transformed their understanding of the passions, re-evaluating emotion so as to make it an important constituent of ethical life rather than the enemy within which allegory had traditionally cast it as being. This interdisciplinary study departs from current emphases in intellectual history, arguing that literature should be explored alongside the moral rather than political thought of its time. The book also develops a new approach to understanding the relationship between literature and philosophy. Consciously or not, moral thinkers tend to ground their philosophising in certain images of human nature. Their work is premissed on imagined models of the mind and presumed estimates of man's moral potential. In other words, the thinking of philosophical authors (as much as that of literary ones) is shaped by the pre-rational assumptions of the 'moral imagination'.; Because that is so, poets and dramatists in their turn, in speaking to this material, typically do more than just versify the abstract ideas of ethics. They reflect, directly and critically, upon those same core assumptions which are integral to the writings of their philosophical counterparts. Authors examined here include Aristotle, Augustine, Hobbes, and an array of lyric poets; but there are new readings, too, of "The Faerie Queene" and "Paradise Lost, Hamlet and Julius Caesar", Dryden's 'Lucretius', and Etherege's "Man of Mode". Tilmouth's study concludes with a revisionist interpretation of the works of the Earl of Rochester, presenting this libertine poet as a challenging, intellectually serious figure. Written in a lucid, accessible style, this book will appeal to a wide range of readers."
  • "Passion's Triumph over Reason presents a comprehensive survey of ideas of emotion, appetite, and self-control in English literature and moral thought of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In a narrative which draws on tragedy, epic poetry, and moral philosophy, Christopher Tilmouth explores how Renaissance writers transformed their understanding of the passions, re-evaluating emotion so as to make it an important constituent of ethical life rather than the enemywithin which allegory had traditionally cast it as being. This interdisciplinary study departs from current emphases in intellec."
  • "Christopher Tilmouth presents an accomplished study of Early Modern ideas of emotion, self-indulgence, and self-control in the literature and moral thought of the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (1580 to 1680). In a narrative which draws on tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, sermons, and moral treatises, Tilmouth explores how writers of the English Renaissance transformed their understanding of the passions, re-evaluating emotion as an important constituent of ethical life rather than the enemy within which it had traditionally been taken to be. This interdisciplinary study departs from current trends in intellectual history which typically concentrate on political thought or on ideas of human physiology, arguing instead that early modern literature should be explored alongside the moral philosophy of the time. So too, the poetry and drama of this period is read not as a simple versification of abstract ideas, but as a medium which resonates (often critically) against its philosophical counterparts because it shares with them certain pre-rational, imaginative assumptions about the nature of man. Authors studied in this volume include Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Hobbes, and a range of cavalier and metaphysical poets; there are also new readings here of Spenser's Faerie Queene and Milton's Paradise Lost, of Hamlet and Julius Caesar, and of George Chapman's Bussy D'Ambois. The book concludes with a revisionist interpretation of the works of the Earl of Rochester, arguing that this libertine poet was a more intellectually serious figure than has previously been appreciated. Touching on subjects as diverse as Calvin and Dryden, Stoicism and Restoration comedy, early modern University plays and Restoration political history, this book, written in a lucid and accessible style, will appeal to a wide range of readers."
  • "Christopher Tilmouth presents an accomplished study of Early Modern ideas of emotion, self-indulgence, and self-control in the literature and moral thought of the late 16th and 17th centuries (1580 to 1680)."

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