"Self-love, Spirituality, and the Senses in Twelfth Night" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc353/ Author: Trevor, Douglas. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England, 64–82. : Craik, Shakespearean Sensations: Experiencing Literature in Early Modern England Annotation: "Examines religious discourse in order to consider scenes of reading and watching in comedy" and, in Twelfth Night, "contextualizes Malvolio's responses to Maria's letter and Feste's feigned show within early modern ideas about the role of the senses in mental apprehension, arguing that Malvolio's first audiences would have responded not only with laughter but also with pity and even admiration." Language: English Persons: Craik, Katharine A.; Pollard, Tanya Keywords: religion; reading; Malvolio; Maria; letter; Feste Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Twelfth Night WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc353