The Heart in Literature, Philosophy, and Science Studies (class notes)
of a course designed and taught by Michael Ursell

Summary of The Heart in Literature, Philosophy, and Science Studies class:

Day 1

Week 1 - Opening the Heart

Day 2

Day 3

Week 2 - The Heart in Antiquity

Day 4

Week 3 - The Movement of Medieval Hearts

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Week 4 - The Heart Wounded by Love.

Day 8

Day 9

Week 5 - Renaissance Lyrics: More Broken Hearts.

Day 10

Day 11

Week 6 - The De-Sanctifying the Heart.

Day 12

Day 13

Week 7 - Theaters of the Visceral Heart.

Day 14

Day 15

Week 8 - The Heart as Circulating Machine.

Day 16

Day 17

Week 9 - The Heart Set Against Reason.

Day 18

Day 19

Week 10 - Matters of the Heart.

Day 20

Godwin's Heart: A Natural History of the Heart-Filled Life

Gail Godwin's Heart: A Natural History of the Heart-Filled Life gives an easy entrance to concepts of the heart through millennia and the continents, and a quick pop assimilation of her impression of how the heart has been perceived in different times and culture.

However, it was very unacademic, containing:

In the end, I [JZ] mistrusted it, feeling that it was too informal and lightweight.


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