Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England

by Rebecca Lemon

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: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1512826189
• ISBN13: 9781512826180
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"