LEADER 02302cam 22004578a 4500001 ocm48013180 003 OCoLC 005 20141212163206.0 008 010828s2002 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 2001043612 020 0521810051 035 (Sirsi) o48013180 035 (OCoLC)48013180 040 DLC |cDLC |dVVC |dGZM |dUtOrBLW 043 e-uk--- 049 EREE 050 00 PR448.P28 |bG67 2002 082 00 820.9/353 |221 100 1 Gordon, Scott Paul, |d1965- |=^A521538 245 14 The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / |cScott Paul Gordon. 260 New York : |bCambridge University Press, |c2002. 263 0208 300 xi, 279 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Introduction. "Spring and motive of our actions": disinterest and self-interest -- "Acted by another": agency and action in early modern England -- "The belief of the people": Thomas Hobbes and the battle over the heroic -- "For want of some heedfull eye": Mr. Spectator and the power of spectacle -- "For its own sake": virtue and agency in early eighteenth-century England -- "Not perform'd at all": managing Garrick's body in eighteenth-century England -- "I wrote my heart": Richardson's Clarissa and the tactics of sentiment -- Epilogue: "A sign of so noble a passion": the politics of disinterested selves. 650 0 English literature |y18th century |xHistory and criticism. |=^A15513 650 0 Passivity (Psychology) in literature. |=^A521539 650 0 English literature |yEarly modern, 1500-1700 |xHistory and criticism. |=^A989565 650 0 Christianity and literature |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y18th century. |=^A70130 650 0 Christianity and literature |zGreat Britain |xHistory |y17th century. |=^A70130 650 0 Ethics in literature. |=^A127566 650 0 Self in literature. |=^A94192 994 X0 |bERE 910 PromptCat 980 2002-06-26 |b60 |d3.28 |e50.4 |f42916 596 1 998 884058