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Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature
Joshua Scodel
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Description for Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature
Hardback. Examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. This book argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways hitherto ignored by scholars. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HPCA; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
This book examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. As early modern authors learned at grammar school and university, Aristotle and other classical thinkers praised "golden means" balanced between extremes: courage, for example, as opposed to cowardice or recklessness. By uncovering the enormous variety of English responses to this ethical doctrine, Joshua Scodel revises our understanding of the vital interaction between classical thought and early modern literary culture. Scodel argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways ... Read more
This book examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. As early modern authors learned at grammar school and university, Aristotle and other classical thinkers praised "golden means" balanced between extremes: courage, for example, as opposed to cowardice or recklessness. By uncovering the enormous variety of English responses to this ethical doctrine, Joshua Scodel revises our understanding of the vital interaction between classical thought and early modern literary culture. Scodel argues that English authors used the ancient schema of means and extremes in innovative and contentious ways ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Series
Literature in History
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691090283
SKU
V9780691090283
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About Joshua Scodel
Joshua Scodel is Associate Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and the Humanities at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The English Poetic Epitoph.
Reviews for Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature
"A worthy contribution to the ongoing study of the mentality of the early modern period and its relationship to the classical and Christian heritage."
Choice "[Scodel's] range of material and reference is admirable. He moves easily and with panache through five sections... There is much to admire and learn from in Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature."
Andrew Hadfield, ... Read more
Choice "[Scodel's] range of material and reference is admirable. He moves easily and with panache through five sections... There is much to admire and learn from in Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature."
Andrew Hadfield, ... Read more