Volition'S Face Personification And The Will In Renaissance Literature Reformations Medieval And Early Modern

Volition'S Face Personification And The Will In Renaissance Literature Reformations Medieval And Early Modern
Argues that premodern writers, including Spenser, Marlowe, and Milton, understood personification as a literary expression of will, an essentially energetic figure that depicted passion or concept transforming into action. As the will emerged as an isolatable faculty in the Christian Middle Ages, it was seen not only as the instrument of human agency but also as independent of other human capacities.
Nº de Páginas: 324
Encadernação: Capa Dura / Hardback
Tema: Literary studies: poetry & poets