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The Elizabethan Mind

Searching for the Self in an Age of Uncertainty

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The Elizabethan Mind

By: Helen Hackett
Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
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The first comprehensive guide to Elizabethan ideas about the mind

What is the mind? How does it relate to the body and soul? These questions were as perplexing for the Elizabethans as they are for us today—although their answers were often startlingly different. Shakespeare and his contemporaries believed the mind was governed by the humors and passions, and was susceptible to the Devil’s interference.

In this insightful and wide-ranging account, Helen Hackett explores the intricacies of Elizabethan ideas about the mind. This was a period of turbulence and transition, as persistent medieval theories competed with revived classical ideas and emerging scientific developments. Drawing on a wealth of sources, Hackett sheds new light on works by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Sidney, and Spenser, demonstrating how ideas about the mind shaped new literary and theatrical forms. Looking at their conflicted attitudes to imagination, dreams, and melancholy, Hackett examines how Elizabethans perceived the mind, soul, and self, and how their ideas compare with our own.

©2022 Helen Hackett (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
16th Century Europe Great Britain Literary History & Criticism Modern Thought-Provoking Middle ages Elizabethan History
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Fascinating and insightful book, read with great intelligence and clarity. Much to ponder and enjoy.

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