Vol. 39 No. 2 (2022): Cultures of Compassion in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Music

Cultures of Compassion in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Music

Vol 39, Number 2, 2022

Cultures of Compassion in English, French, and Italian Literature and Music, 1300–1700

Diana G. Barnes

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‘Punto | per compassion’: The Violent Rhetoric of Compassion in Dante’s Commedia

Emma Louise Barlow

15-36
Acts of Compassion: Consoling Grief in the Art, Literature, and Music of Early Humanist Padua

Jason Stoesell

37-68
Commissioning Compassion and Staging Suffering: The Case of a Libel Found at Elizabeth I’s Memorial at Westminster Abbey

Anna Cordner

69-90
Epistolary Compassion in Sir Philip Sidney’s Arcadia

Emma Simpson-Weber

91-108
The Complexion of Compassion: The Face and Racial Difference in Scudéry’s Clélie

Joe Hughes

109-130
Review Essay: Compassion, Love, and Happiness: Positive Emotions and Early Modern Communities

Linda Pollack

131-144