Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

by Rebecca Lemon

Book Overview

Rebecca Lemon illuminates a previously-buried conception of addiction, as a form of devotion at once laudable, difficult, and extraordinary, that has been concealed by the persistent modern link of addiction to pathology. Surveying sixteenth-century invocations, she reveals how early moderns might consider themselves addicted to study, friendship, love, or God. However, she also uncovers their understanding of addiction as a form of compulsion...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812249968
• ISBN13: 9780812249965
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"