The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660
This book attempts to interrogate the literary, artistic and cultural output of early modern England. Following Constance Classen's view that understandings of the senses, and sensory experience itself, are culturally and historically contingent; it explores the culturally specific role of the sense...
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| description | This book attempts to interrogate the literary, artistic and cultural output of early modern England. Following Constance Classen's view that understandings of the senses, and sensory experience itself, are culturally and historically contingent; it explores the culturally specific role of the senses in textual and aesthetic encounters in England. The book follows Joachim-Ernst Berendt's call for 'a democracy of the senses' in preference to the various sensory hierarchies that have often shaped theory and criticism. It argues that the playhouse itself challenged its audiences' reliance on the evidence of their own eyes, teaching early modern playgoers how to see and how to interpret the validity of the visual. The book offers an essay on each of the five senses, beginning and ending with two senses, taste and smell, that are often overlooked in studies of early modern culture. It investigates Robert Herrick's accounts in "Hesperides" of how the senses function during sexual pleasure and contact. The book also explores sensory experiences, interrogating textual accounts of the senses at night in writings from the English Renaissance. It offers a picture of early modern thought in which sensory encounters are unstable, suggesting ways in which the senses are influenced by the contexts in which they are experienced: at night, in states of sexual excitement, or even when melancholic. The book looks at the works of art themselves and considers the significance of the senses for early modern subjects attending a play, regarding a painting, and reading a printed volume. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-284182025-07-30T11:03:20Z The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 Watson, Jackie Smith, Simon Technology & Engineering Agriculture General thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming This book attempts to interrogate the literary, artistic and cultural output of early modern England. Following Constance Classen's view that understandings of the senses, and sensory experience itself, are culturally and historically contingent; it explores the culturally specific role of the senses in textual and aesthetic encounters in England. The book follows Joachim-Ernst Berendt's call for 'a democracy of the senses' in preference to the various sensory hierarchies that have often shaped theory and criticism. It argues that the playhouse itself challenged its audiences' reliance on the evidence of their own eyes, teaching early modern playgoers how to see and how to interpret the validity of the visual. The book offers an essay on each of the five senses, beginning and ending with two senses, taste and smell, that are often overlooked in studies of early modern culture. It investigates Robert Herrick's accounts in "Hesperides" of how the senses function during sexual pleasure and contact. The book also explores sensory experiences, interrogating textual accounts of the senses at night in writings from the English Renaissance. It offers a picture of early modern thought in which sensory encounters are unstable, suggesting ways in which the senses are influenced by the contexts in which they are experienced: at night, in states of sexual excitement, or even when melancholic. The book looks at the works of art themselves and considers the significance of the senses for early modern subjects attending a play, regarding a painting, and reading a printed volume. 2021-02-10T13:23:58Z 2021-02-10T13:23:58Z 2020-12-15T14:19:21Z 2020 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/44041 9781526146465 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28418 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44041/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44041/1/external_content.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/44041/1/external_content.pdf Manchester University Press Manchester University Press bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 Knowledge Unlatched 9781526146465 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2019: HSS Backlist Books Manchester University Press open access |
| spellingShingle | Technology & Engineering Agriculture General thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
| title | The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
| title_full | The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
| title_fullStr | The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
| title_short | The senses in early modern England, 1558–1660 |
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| topic | Technology & Engineering Agriculture General thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TV Agriculture and farming |
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