The Imperfect Friend: Emotion and Rhetoric in Sidney, Milton and Their ConextsUniversity of Toronto Press, 3. 5. 2008 - Počet stran: 400 Many writers in early modern England drew on the rhetorical tradition to explore affective experience. In The Imperfect Friend, Wendy Olmsted examines a broad range of Renaissance and Reformation sources, all of which aim to cultivate 'emotional intelligence' through rhetorical means, with a view to understanding how emotion functions in these texts. In the works of Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), John Milton (1608-1674), and many others, characters are depicted conversing with one another about their emotions. While counselors appeal to objective reasons for feeling a certain way, their efforts to shape emotion often encounter resistance. This volume demonstrates how, in Renaissance and Reformation literature, failures of persuasion arise from conflicts among competing rhetorical frameworks among characters. Multiple frameworks, Olmsted argues, produce tensions and, consequently, an interiorized conflicted self. By situating emotional discourse within distinct historical and socio-cultural perspectives, The Imperfect Friend sheds new light on how the writings of Sidney, Milton, and others grappled with problems of personal identity. From their innovations, the study concludes, friendship emerges as a favourite site of counseling the afflicted and perturbed. |
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... Basilius to surrender his passion for soli- tude, Adam does not dissuade Eve from her desire to be alone. More- over, Satan, like the tyrants and manipulators in the New Arcadia, insinuates one-sided topoi into Eve's thinking ...
... Basilius are caught between emotions associated with honour, service to the state, and love. Eve feels torn between her desire to win honour by standing alone and her duty to keep company with Adam. Counsellors try to ameliorate ...
... Basilius to surrender his passion for solitude, Adam does not dissuade Eve from her desire to be alone. Moreover, Satan, like the tyrants and manipulators in the New Arcadia, insinuates one-sided topoi into Eve's thinking, facilitating ...
... Basilius addresses the brokenness within himself , perceiving that the work of ' highest providence ' has brought the outcome of the action to its current state and judging that his own fault ' in all these matters had been the greatest ...
... Basilius , has no power to persuade fully the hearts of the participants and the spectators towards mercy and justice . Only advis- ers who use both forceful speech and gentle strategies persuade their advisees within the private space ...
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