Shakespeare and Emotions Inheritances, Enactments, Legacies

This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the History of Emotions. Contributions come from established and emergent scholars from a range of disciplines, including performance history, musicology and lit

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Palgrave Shakespeare Studies

Shakespeare and Emotions Inheritances, Enactments, Legacies Edited by

R. S. White Australian Professorial Fellow and Professor of English and Cultural Studies, The University of Western Australia, Australia

Mark Houlahan Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Katrina O’Loughlin Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia, Australia

Selection and editorial matter © R. S. White, Mark Houlahan and Katrina O’Loughlin 2015 Individual chapters © Contributors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-46474-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-69074-9 ISBN 978-1-137-46475-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137464750

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Contents Acknowledgments

vii

Notes on Contributors

viii

1 Reclaiming Heartlands: Shakespeare and the History of Emotions in Literature R. S. White

1

Part I Emotional Inheritances 2 ‘Of comfort and dispaire’: Plato’s Philosophy of Love and Shakespeare’s Sonnets Danijela Kambaskovic

17

3 Locus amoenus or locus violens? Shakespearean Emotions Expressed Through an Ovidian Model Bríd Phillips

29

4 Once upon a Time: Cymbeline, Fairy Tales, and ‘the terrifying truths of the inner life’ Ciara Rawnsley

39

5 ‘… another comfort’: Virginity and Emotion