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Sleeping Beauty, or In Praise of the Passive Voice: Renaissance Chronicles and the Subject of Production.

The article presents a philological essay exploring the interaction between human subjectivity, being the state of autonomous identity, and agency, or physical activity in society. The author explores the manifestations of this dialectic within the contrasting grammars of Humanist Neo-Latin and Scot...

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Published in:Modern Philology Vol. 104; no. 4; pp. 467 - 510
Main Author: Leeds, John
Format: Essay
Published: University of Chicago Press May2007
Subjects:
Philology
Medieval & modern Latin language
English grammar
Sleeping Beauty (Tale)
Ontology
Agent (Philosophy)
17th century European literature
Grammar
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article presents a philological essay exploring the interaction between human subjectivity, being the state of autonomous identity, and agency, or physical activity in society. The author explores the manifestations of this dialectic within the contrasting grammars of Humanist Neo-Latin and Scots-English vernacular in 16th century literature. The pervasive use of the fable of sleeping beauty is illustrated throughout the work.