Beyond Melancholy: Sadness and Selfhood in Renaissance England

by Erin Sullivan

From Shakespeare's Hamlet to Burton's Anatomy to Hilliard's miniatures, melancholy has long been associated with the emotional life of Renaissance England. But what other forms of sadness existed alongside, or even beyond, melancholy, and what kinds of selfhood did they help create?

Beyond Melancholy explores the vital distinctions Renaissance writers made between grief, godly sorrow, despair, and melancholy, and the unique interactions these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198739656
• ISBN13: 9780198739654
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"