Description
About the Author
Eric Langley is a lecturer in Shakespeare at UCL having previously worked at Leeds, St Andrews, and Royal Holloway. Publishing academic writing on Shakespeare and period conceptions of interiority, his first monograph Narcissism And Suicide in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries was published by Oxford University Press in 2009, and he has published a number of scholarly articles on early-modern optics, eyesight, conceptions of disease, atomist thought, and Renaissance erotica. His first poetry collection, Raking Light, was published by Carcanet in 2017 and was nominated for the Felix Dennis award for best debut at that year's Forward Prizes.
Reviews
Langley's book contributes important insights to numerous areas of study. Work on early modern subjectivity, the body, medicine, and the sensory nature of human interaction within early modern culture would benefit from engaging with the ideas presented in Shakespeare's Contagious Sympathies...the readeris always helpfully alert to the wider debates that surround the fascinating issues that are raised throughout this richly researched book. * Victoria Sparey, University of Exeter, Modern Language Review *
This is a gracefully learned book that deserves to be widely read. * Michael Schoenfeldt, The Review of English Studies *
Book Information
ISBN 9780198821847
Author Eric Langley
Format Hardback
Page Count 334
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 164mm * 25mm