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Francis Bacon and the seventeenth-century intellectual discourse /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Funari, Anthony J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Nature in literature.
Bacon, Francis, > 1561-1626 > Influence.
Donne, John, > 1572-1631 > Criticism and interpretation.
Marvell, Andrew, > 1621-1678 > Criticism and interpretation.
Rochester, John Wilmot, > Earl of, > 1647-1680 > Criticism and interpretation.
Empiricism in literature.
Literature and science > England > History > 17th century.
England > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Table of Contents:
  • An inheritance recovered
  • Nature's confession
  • Baconian and anti-Baconian narratives in Donne's devotions
  • 'Companions of my thoughts more green': Damon's Baconian sexing of nature
  • A 'fantastic mind' and a 'fix'd heart': Rochester and the disciplining of the mind
  • Conclusion: Promethean and post-scientific narratives.