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Social Expressions of Men's Emotions in Later Seventeenth-Century Jest-Books

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    Abstract

    This chapter, building on the work of Bernard Capp and other historians of emotions, investigates how verbal and physical articulations of anger, fear, desire and grief by Englishmen were represented and responded to in seventeenth-century England. Evidence is drawn from jest-books, collections of short ‘merry tales’, often with classical or medieval origins, many of which contained misogynistic and anti-patriarchal in tone.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationFrom the Margins to the Centre in Seventeenth-Century England
    Subtitle of host publicationEssays in Honour of Bernard Capp
    EditorsTim Reinke-Williams, Angela McShane
    Place of PublicationWoodbridge
    PublisherBoydell & Brewer
    Chapter6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781805436461, 9781805436454
    ISBN (Print)9781837651665
    Publication statusPublished - 20 May 2025

    Publication series

    NameStudies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History
    PublisherBoydell Press
    Volume54

    Keywords

    • Emotions
    • Masculinities
    • cultural history
    • social history
    • gender history
    • jest-book
    • Early Modern England

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