"The first full-length study of early modern contentment, this book examines the intersection of this guiding principle of English Protestant psychology with Renaissance literature, considering works by Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, and Sidney. It will prove illuminating for researchers of literature, history, religion and affect theory"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Constructing contentment in Reformation England; 2. Romancing contentment: sex, suffering, and the passions in Sidney's Arcadias; 3. Fashioning contentment: ethics, emotion, and literary mode in Spenser's poetry; 4. Performing contentment: communal affect and passionate disconnect in Shakespeare's As You Like It and Othello; 5. Losing contentment: Affect, environment, and empire in Milton's Paradise Lost; Conclusion: regaining contentment?
