Excess and the mean in early modern English literature /

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This book examines how English writers from the Elizabethan period to the Restoration transformed and contested the ancient ideal of the virtuous mean. As early modern authors learned at grammar school and university, Aristotle and other classical thinkers praised "golden means" balanced b...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Scodel, Joshua, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Series:Literature in history (Princeton, N.J.)
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Moderation in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Didactic literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > Classical influences.
Temperance in literature.
Polarity in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Modération dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Littérature didactique anglaise > Histoire et critique.
Tempérance dans la littérature.
Contraires dans la littérature.
Morale dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Didactic literature, English
English literature > Classical influences
English literature > Early modern
Ethics in literature
Literature and society
Moderation in literature
Polarity in literature
Temperance in literature
England
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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