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1st Edition

The Rivalrous Renaissance Envy and Jealousy in Early Modern English Literature

By Bradley J. Irish Copyright 2025
306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge

306 Pages
by Routledge
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Envy and jealousy are the emotions that fuel interpersonal rivalry, and interpersonal rivalry is a cornerstone of literature. Emerging from growing scholarly interest in the history of emotion, The Rivalrous Renaissance is the first full-length study of envy and jealousy in Renaissance England. The book introduces readers both to the cultural dynamics of affective rivalry in the period and to... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: Context Studies

1.  Envy in Early Modern England

2.  Jealousy in Early Modern England

Part 2: Genre and Author Studies

3.  Envy and Jealousy in Renaissance Love Lyrics

4.  Envy and Jealousy in Shakespeare

5.  Envy and Jealousy in Non-Shakespearean Drama

Part 3: Literary Case Studies

6.  Jealousy and Suspicion in Gascoigne’s The Adventures of Master F.J.

7.  The Rivalrous Emotions in Spenser’s The Shepheardes Calender

8.  Envy, Jealousy, and Zeal in Milton’s Paradise Lost

Conclusion

Biography

Bradley J. Irish is Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University. He is the author of Emotion in the Tudor Court: Literature, History, and Early Modern Feeling (2018) and Shakespeare and Disgust: The History and Science of Early Modern Revulsion (2023).

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