Early Modern Emotions

3 credits

We will explore understandings of the emotions in the long seventeenth century, paying particular attention to representations of the emotional lives of non-human animals. Readings will include literary works as well as medical, philosophical, proto-psychological, and religious texts. *Note: This Course is intended for ENGL Honours students. Students who are not ENGL Honours students require permission of the Department Head to register.* *Note: Students may receive credit for one of ENGL 415AI or ENGL 803AI.*