The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature, 16401770
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780521021845
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; English literature--18th century--History and; English literature--18th century--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
First sentence: Discussions of agency and autonomy, terms too infrequently distinguished, often share a common assumption: to be the agent of another, rather than a self-determining subject, is an undesirable, anxiety-ridden, and disempowered position.