{"product_id":"the-virtue-of-sympathy-seth-lobis-9780300192032","title":"The Virtue of Sympathy: Magic, Philosophy, and Literature in Seventeenth-Century England","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revealing look at how the cultural meaning of sympathy shifted during the seventeenth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with an analysis of Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e and building to a new reading of Milton's \u003ci\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, author Seth Lobis charts a profound change in the cultural meaning of sympathy during the seventeenth century. Having long referred to magical affinities in the universe, sympathy was increasingly understood to be a force of connection between people. By examining sympathy in literary and philosophical writing of the period, Lobis illuminates an extraordinary shift in human understanding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seth Lobis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300192037\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300192032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/09\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Seth Lobis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013722353919,"sku":"9780300192032","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b5526ec8-f84e-4f84-8c33-50940fc16433.jpg?v=1767744361","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-virtue-of-sympathy-seth-lobis-9780300192032","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}