The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 /

"Challenging recent work that contends that seventeenth-century English discourses privilege the notion of a self-enclosed, self-sufficient individual, The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature recovers a counter-tradition that imagines selves as more passively prompted than actively...

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Main Author:	Gordon, Scott Paul, 1965-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:	1500-1799 English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. Passivity (Psychology) in literature. English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Christianity and literature > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Ethics in literature. Self in literature. Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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