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Conjunctions of Mind, Soul and Body from Plato to the Enlightenment
This book examines the nexus between the corporeal, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects of human life as represented in the writing of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Authors from different fields examine not only the question of the body and soul (or body and mind) but also how this question fits into a broader framework in the medieval and early modern period. Concepts such as gender and society, morality, sexuality, theological precepts and medical knowledge are a part of this broader framework. This discussion of ideas draws from over two thousand years of Western thought: from Plato in the fifth century BC and the fourth century Byzantine dialogues on the soul, to the phi...
Journal of Early Modern Studies: Volume 4, Issue 2 (Fall 2015)
Special Issue: The Care of the Self in Early Modern Philosophy and Science
Relentless
My name is Derrin Aethelbeorn. Im a college sophomore majoring in communications. Life is great; its hard balancing studies, exams, a daily routine, and a part-time job, but I can adjust to things pretty quickly. This is really the first time I cant adjust. I was kidnapped. I came to sometime afterward, finding myself imprisoned within this massive concrete structure, awakening to this realization: Im not the only one whos been taken. There are othersmany others. Rumor has it that the one behind all of thisan evil man named The Dark Oneis forcing us to work for him, though we dont know why. Ive sworn to die before becoming a benefactor in this plot to kill innocent civilians, but they tell m...
Thomas Gray among the Disciplines
Throughout the 250 years that have passed since Thomas Gray’s death, he has primarily been celebrated as a poet. This makes sense because, although he published relatively little verse, he published less – indeed, precisely nothing – of his abundant polymathic writing in other fields. His place within the history of scholarship has therefore been obscured. Like many eighteenth-century antiquaries, however, he shared his learning through correspondence and manuscript circulation and thereby influenced intellectual as well as literary life. This book explores Gray’s scholarship within the changing norms of eighteenth-century disciplines, at once locating him within histories of specialisation and examining the ways in which he challenges their narratives. Scholars from across the humanities reveal his methods and global interests and analyse many newly uncovered manuscripts. Offering fresh understanding of broader fields through focused investigation of Gray’s multidisciplinary writings, the book will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century literary, intellectual, and scientific history.
Shakespeare and the Ethics of War
How does Shakespeare represent war? This volume reviews scholarship to date on the question and introduces new perspectives, looking at contemporary conflict through the lens of the past. Through his haunting depiction of historical bloodshed, including the Trojan War, the fall of the Roman Republic, and the Wars of the Roses, Shakespeare illuminates more recent political violence, ranging from the British occupation of Ireland to the Spanish Civil War, the Balkans War, and the past several decades of U. S. military engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Can a war be just? What is the relation between the ruler and the ruled? What motivates ethnic violence? Shakespeare’s plays serve as the frame for careful explorations of perennial problems of human co-existence: the politics of honor, the ethics of diplomacy, the responsibility of non-combatants, and the tension between idealism and Realpolitik.
Shakespeare and the Soliloquy in Early Modern English Drama
This is the first book to provide students and scholars with a truly comprehensive guide to the early modern soliloquy.
