Ebook: Hope, Joy, and Affection in the Classical World
Author: Caston Ruth Rothaus, Kaster Robert A
- Tags: Hope, Social aspects, History, Joy, Social aspects, History, Emotions in literature, Emotions (Philosophy), Classical literature, History and criticism, Philosophy Ancient, Rome, Intellectual life, Greece, Intellectual life, To 146 B.C, Rome, Social life and customs, LITERARY CRITICISM, Ancient & Classical, Joy - Social aspects - History
- Series: Emotions of the past
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Oxford
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Scholarship on the emotions in classical antiquity has focused almost entirely on negative emotions, but that is not because the Greeks and Romans had little to say about positive emotions. The chapters in this collection show that there are representations of positive emotions - considered here under the headings of 'hope', 'joy', and 'affection' - extending from archaic Greek poetry, through the philosophicalRead more...
Abstract:
For all the interest in emotions in antiquity, there has been little study of positive emotions. This collection aims to redress the balance with eleven studies of emotions like hope, joy, good will,Read more...
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