Seven metaphysical poets : a structural study of the unchanging self /

This critical study of seven metaphysical poets challenges the postmodernist assumption that no definite or constant self can be traced in the works of a writer, maintaining the primacy of individual choice and the interplay of personal modes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ellrodt, Robert
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Subjects:	English poetry > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Metaphysics in literature. Self in literature. Métaphysique dans la littérature. Moi (Psychologie) dans la littérature. Poésie anglaise > 16e siècle > Histoire et critique. Poésie anglaise > 17e siècle > Histoire et critique. English poetry > Early modern Metaphysics in literature Self in literature Metaphysical poets. Gedichten. Engels. 1500-1700 Electronic books. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Singularity of the Self and its Revelation
1. John Donne: Self-Oriented Self-Consciousness
2. George Herbert: God-Oriented Self-Consciousness / Richard Crashaw: The Surrender of the Self
3. Henry Vaughan: Emotional Subjectivity
4. Andrew Marvell: Elusiveness and Self-Reflexivity
5. Edward Herbert of Cherbury and Thomas Traherne: From Self-Reflexivity to Solipsism?
6. John Donne
7. George Herbert and Henry Vaughan
8. Richard Crashaw
9. Andrew Marvell and Edward Herbert
10. Thomas Traherne
11. John Donne and Bifold Natures
12. George Herbert and Richard Crashaw: Two Versions of the Christian Paradox
13. Henry Vaughan: Supernatural Naturalism
14. Andrew Marvell and Edward Herbert: The Dualistic Approach
15. Thomas Traherne: Sensuous Idealism
16. The Slow Emergence of Self-Consciousness
17. New Perceptions of Time and Space?
18. Change and the Donne Generation.