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Approaches to Emotion in Middle English Literature

Carolyne Larrington

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English
Manchester University Press
16 April 2024
Over the last twenty-five years, the 'history of emotion' field has become one of the most dynamic and productive areas for humanities research.

This designation, and the marked leadership of historians in the field, has had the unlooked-for consequence of sidelining literature - in particular secular literature - as evidence-source and object of emotion study. Secular literature, whether fable, novel, fantasy or romance, has been understood as prone to exaggeration, hyperbole, and thus as an unreliable indicator of the emotions of the past.

The aim of this book is to decentre history of emotion research and asks new questions, ones that can be answered by literary scholars, using literary texts as sources: how do literary texts understand and depict emotion and, crucially, how do they generate emotion in their audiences - those who read them or hear them read or performed?
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Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   535g
ISBN:   9781526176134
ISBN 10:   1526176130
Series:   Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture
Pages:   320
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Carolyne Larrington is Emerita Professor of Medieval European Literature at the University of Oxford and Emerita Research Fellow at St John's College, Oxford

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