Includes bibliographical references and index Sullivan explores the impact of Aristotelian and Cartesian conceptions of humanness on works by Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and Sidney
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Includes bibliographical references and index Sullivan explores the impact of Aristotelian and Cartesian conceptions of humanness on works by Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and Sidney
Cover; SLEEP, ROMANCE AND HUMAN EMBODIMENT; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; THE TRIPARTITE SOUL AND THE RENAISSANCE HUMAN; THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MODELS AND THE ROMANCE EPISODE; BODY AND ENVIRONMENT IN THE ' LOCUS AMOENUS'; SLEEP, EMBODIMENT AND ROMANCE; THE CHAPTERS; CRITICAL SIGNIFICANCE; PART I Aristotelian vitality ascendant; CHAPTER 1 ""Both plant and beast together"": temperance, vitality and the romance alternative in Spenser's Bower of Bliss; CHAPTER 2 Sleeping minds: romance, affect and environment in Sidney's The Old Arcadia
CHAPTER 3 Sleep, history and ""life indeed"" in Shakespeare's 1 and 2 Henry IV and Henry VPART II Aristotelian vitality embattled; CHAPTER 4 ""From the root springs lighter the green stalk"": vegetality and humanness in Milton's Paradise Lost; PART III Aristotelian vitality undead; CHAPTER 5 ""Desperate sloth, miscalled philosophy"": Descartes and the post-Aristotelian romance episode in Dryden's All for Love; Coda: beyond undeath; Notes; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 ""BOTH PLANT AND BEAST TOGETHER"": TEMPERANCE, VITALITY AND THE ROMANCE ALTERNATIVE IN SPENSER'S BOWER OF BLISS
CHAPTER 2 SLEEPING MINDS: ROMANCE, AFFECT AND ENVIRONMENT IN SIDNEY'S THE OLD ARCADIACHAPTER 3 SLEEP, HISTORY AND ""LIFE INDEED"" IN SHAKESPEARE'S 1 AND 2 HENRY IV AND HENRY V; CHAPTER 4 ""FROM THE ROOT SPRINGS LIGHTER THE GREEN STALK"": VEGETALITY AND HUMANNESS IN MILTON'S PARADISE LOST; CHAPTER 5 ""DESPERATE SLOTH, MISCALLED PHILOSOPHY"": DESCARTES AND THE POST-ARISTOTELIAN ROMANCE EPISODE IN DRYDEN'S ALL FOR LOVE; CODA: BEYOND UNDEATH; Index
