Addiction and devotion in early modern England /
Rebecca Lemon shows how sixteenth-century writers, such as Marlowe and Shakespeare, depict addiction in many forms, including to God, study, love, friendship, and drinking. Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England explores the fine line between devotion and pathology, revealing addiction'...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press
[2018]
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| Series: | Haney Foundation series.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv16t6mgd |
Table of Contents:
- Scholarly addiction in Doctor Faustus
- Addicted love in Twelfth Night
- Addicted fellowship in Henry IV
- Addiction and possession in Othello
- Addictive pledging from Shakespeare and Jonson to cavalier verse.