Thomas Wright (writer)

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Thomas Wright (1561-1624) [1] was an English recusant and early emotion theorist. Wright is known for his work The Passions of the Minde in generall. [1] Wright is a possible candidate for the priest Ben Jonson referenced during the trials for the Gunpowder Plot. [2]

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Life

Wright was born in York. [3] He studied at the Jesuit Douai Seminary and the English College in Rome, then returned to England in 1595 carrying intelligence regarding Spanish military strategy. [3] [2] [4] Though he remained a Catholic priest, Wright left the Society of Jesus because of his English sympathies and distaste with Robert Parsons' support of plots against Queen Elizabeth. [2] [4] [5] By 1596 Wright had upset Matthew Hutton, the Archbishop of York, and was imprisoned for his vocal recusancy. [3] [2] [4] Wright finished Passions of the Minde shortly before his escape from prison, and published it shortly thereafter. [3] In Passions of the Minde, Wright explores the passions and their relationship to moral psychology. [3] [4] Wright may be responsible for converting Ben Jonson. [4] [6]

Works

Wright is ascribed:

Another Thomas Wright, M.A., of Peterhouse, Cambridge, issued in 1685 The Glory of Gods Revenge against the Bloody and Detestable Sins of Murther and Adultery (London).

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lawrence D. Green, James J. Murphy (2006). Renaissance rhetoric short title catalogue, 1460-1700 (2nd ed.). Aldershot, Hants, England: Ashgate. p. 465. ISBN   0-7546-0509-4. OCLC   52092027.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Martin, Patrick H. (2016). Elizabethan Espionage : Plotters and Spies in the Struggle Between Catholicism and the Crown. Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN   978-1-4766-6255-8. OCLC   933438467.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Passions of the Mind (Modern): Internet Shakespeare Editions". internetshakespeare.uvic.ca. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Firth-Godbehere, Richard (2015). "For 'Physitians of the Soule': The Roles of 'Flight' and 'Hatred of Abomination' in Thomas Wright's The Passions of the Minde in Generall". Cerae. 2: 1–30. PMC   4747117 . PMID   26870634.
  5. Crosignani, Ginerva (2004). De Adeundis Ecclesiis Protestantium: Thomas Wright, Roberto Parsons, S.J., e il dibattito sul conformismo occasionale nell’Inghilterra dell’Età Moderna. Institutum Historicum S.J.
  6. 1 2 Lenthe, Victor (1 May 2024). "Ben Jonson on Father Thomas Wright". Ben Jonson Journal. 31 (1): 30–51. doi:10.3366/bjj.2024.0360. ISSN   1079-3453.

Further Reading

Attribution

Wikisource-logo.svg This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wright, Thomas (d.1624?)". Dictionary of National Biography . Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.