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Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850: Narratives and Representations

A collection to honour Paul Slack. The Past and Present Book Series

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom
Published: 10th Aug 2017
Dimensions: w 169mm h 236mm d 23mm
Weight: 542g
ISBN-10: 0198748264
ISBN-13: 9780198748267
Barcode No: 9780198748267
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Suffering and Happiness in England 1550-1850 pays tribute to one of the leading historians working on early modern England, Paul Slack, and his work as a historian, and enters into discussion with the rapidly growing body of work on the 'history of emotions'. The themes of suffering and happiness run through Paul Slack's publications; the first being more prominent in his early work on plague and poverty, the second in his more recent work on conceptual frameworks for social thought and action. Though he has not himself engaged directly with the history of emotions, assembling essays on these themes provides an opportunity to do that. The chapters explore in turn shifting discourses of happiness and suffering over time; the deployment of these discourses for particular purposes at specific moments; and their relationship to subjective experience. In their introduction, the editors note the very diverse approaches that can be taken to the topic; they suggest that it is best treated not as a discrete field of enquiry but as terrain in which many paths may fruitfully cross. The history of emotions has much to offer as a site of encounter between historians with diverse knowledge, interests, and skills.

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The volume is marked by a consideration of the lives of 'ordinary' people and particularly the poor, providing a novel and useful contribution to a set of emotions often located as the domain of art and philosophy... The essays are richly researched, offering novel insights and rewarding reading. * Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide, Journal of Ecclesiastical History * a fine scholarly collection that represents the rich and vibrant discussions taking place within early modern history. The volume will appeal to a range of specialists in early modern history, including historians of religion, poverty, material culture, linguistics, political discourse and domestic economy ... with such eclectic and wide-ranging contributions from some of the most eminent scholars of this period, Suffering and Happiness offers something for
everyone and is undoubtedly a book that readers will find themselves delving into over and over again. * Naomi Pullin, Reviews in History *