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?
By:
Carolyne Larrington 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:16 April 2024 Audience:
General/trade
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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