http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/02/11/42 A weblog on early modern culture, teaching English literature, and what else comes to mind Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/02/11/42#comment-13756 bdh Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:47:25 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/05/42#comment-13756 Why is revenge an exception? Why is revenge an exception?

]]> http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/02/11/42#comment-13192 neil Forsyth Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:02:29 +0000 http://earmarks.org/archives/2006/01/05/42#comment-13192 Many thanks for the kind and helpful comments on my article about Samson and Revenge. I agree that circumstances, historical, political and social, shape the expression of emotion, and in some cases even change the nature of the emotion itself. 'Love' is notorious for the range of ideas attached to it in different periods, and it has even been argued that it was 'invented' by the troubadours. My own work on 'evil' has shown a similar development. But it seems to me that, in the case of revenge, the evidence from the ancient world and around the globe implies something rather below the reach of local change. Unfortunately. Many thanks for the kind and helpful comments on my article about Samson and Revenge. I agree that circumstances, historical, political and social, shape the expression of emotion, and in some cases even change the nature of the emotion itself. ‘Love’ is notorious for the range of ideas attached to it in different periods, and it has even been argued that it was ‘invented’ by the troubadours. My own work on ‘evil’ has shown a similar development. But it seems to me that, in the case of revenge, the evidence from the ancient world and around the globe implies something rather below the reach of local change. Unfortunately.

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