Sleep, Romance and Human Embodiment

Garrett A., Jr (Pennsylvania State University) Sullivan

Cambridge University Press, 2015

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Contributing to the histories of genre, embodiment and vitality, this study shows the impact of Aristotelian and Cartesian conceptions of humanness on works by Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and Sidney. Sullivan shows how, through the representation of sleep, epic and romance model the distinctive relationships between man, plant and animal.

ISBN-13
9781316505335
ISBN-10
1316505332
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2015
Publication date
2015-12-17
Pages
218
Dimensions
230x153x14
Weight
328