Title Addiction and devotion in early modern England / Rebecca Lemon

Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018] ©2018

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Description 1 online resource Series Haney Foundation series Haney Foundation series. Contents Scholarly addiction in Doctor Faustus -- Addicted love in Twelfth Night -- Addicted fellowship in Henry IV -- Addiction and possession in Othello -- Addictive pledging from Shakespeare and Jonson to cavalier verse Summary Rebecca Lemon shows how sixteenth-century writers, such as Marlowe and Shakespeare, depict addiction in many forms, including to God, study, love, friendship, and drinking. Addiction and Devotion in Early Modern England explores the fine line between devotion and pathology, revealing addiction's laudable as well as pejorative meanings Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2018) Subject Compulsive behavior in literature. English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 -- History and criticism English drama -- 17th century -- History and criticism Devotion in literature. Alcoholism in literature. Compulsive behavior -- England -- History -- 16th century Compulsive behavior -- England -- History -- 17th century Alcoholism -- England -- History -- 16th century Alcoholism -- England -- History -- 17th century DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Renaissance. Alcoholism Alcoholism in literature Compulsive behavior Compulsive behavior in literature Devotion in literature English drama English drama -- Early modern and Elizabethan England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 2017032707 ISBN 9780812294811 0812294815 0812249968 9780812249965

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