{"product_id":"the-cure-of-the-passions-and-the-origins-of-the-english-novel-paperback-9780521027908","title":"The Cure of the Passions and the Origins of the English Novel (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521027908","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cure of the Passions and the Origins of the English Novel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 2001 book examines the role of the passions in the rise of the English novel.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGeoffrey Sill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521027908, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 6 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm, 0.411 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The author especially excels in combining extraliterary texts and contexts with fiction, from which he draws new and often stunning conclusions.\"   Zeitschrift fuer Anglistik und Amerikanistik\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 2001 study examines the role of the passions in the rise of the English novel. Geoffrey Sill locates the origins of the novel in the breakdown of medical and religious dogmas prior to the eighteenth century, leading to a crisis in the regulation of the passions which the novel helped to address. He examines medical, religious and literary efforts to anatomize the passions, paying particular attention to the works of Dr Alexander Monro of Edinburgh, Reverend John Lewis of Margate and Daniel Defoe, novelist and natural historian of the passions. He shows that the figure of the 'physician of the mind' features prominently not only in Defoe's novels, but also in those of Fielding, Richardson, Smollett, Burney and Edgeworth. The 'rise' of the novel comes to an end when the passions give way at the end of the century to the more modern concept of the emotions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: the passions and the English novel\u003cbr\u003e 1. The physician and the mind from Zeno to Arbuthnot\u003cbr\u003e 2. The heart, the Holy Ghost, and the ghost of Michael Servetus\u003cbr\u003e 3. Alexander Monro and the anatomist's gaze\u003cbr\u003e 4. Defoe and the natural history of the passions\u003cbr\u003e 5. Crusoe in the cave: family passions in Robinson Crusoe\u003cbr\u003e 6. The sinner, the saddler and the brewer's wife: three case studies in desire\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Surprised by his passions': the ghost of Servetus and the reverend John Lewis\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'Mr Jones had somewhat about him': Henry Fielding and the moral sense\u003cbr\u003e 9. Burney, Richardson, and the 'extirpation' of the passions\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Belinda and the end of the origins\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1. Who was 'Betty'?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2. Who was 'Sir Benjamin Hodges'?\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 3. The history of the 'history of the life of Servetus', told in letters\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005795094808,"sku":"9780521027908","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521808057_d4d0bc62-e491-4cde-b852-211c11055a11.jpg?v=1694964775","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cure-of-the-passions-and-the-origins-of-the-english-novel-paperback-9780521027908","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}