Emotion and the Self in English Renaissance Literature: Reforming Contentment https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/aaam221/ Author: Zajac, Paul Joseph. Type: Book Monograph Year: 2023 Publication Information: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. x + 230 pp. Annotation: Examines early modern contentment, defined as emotional and ethical principle embodied by English Protestant psychology. Argues understandings of contentment in early modern literature was "dynamic, protective, and productive." Considers performance of contentment in As You Like It and Othello.  Language: English Tags: As You Like It, Othello, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Summer 2024 WSB Record Number: aaam221