Francis Bacon and the seventeenth-century intellectual discourse / Anthony J. Funari.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Funari, Anthony J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678.

Donne, John, 1572-1631.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Nature in literature.

Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626--Influence.

Bacon, Francis.

Donne, John, 1572-1631--Criticism and interpretation.

Donne, John.

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678--Criticism and interpretation.

Marvell, Andrew.

Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680--Criticism and interpretation.

Rochester, John Wilmot.

Empiricism in literature.

Literature and science--England--History--17th century.

Literature and science.

Criticism and interpretation.

England.

History.

England--Intellectual life--17th century.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

xii, 174 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2011]

Summary:

Environmentalists today debate whether ecological harmohy means we must manage the natural world or appreciate its incomprehensible complaexity. This argument this argument has a long history, beginning with Francis Bacon's claim that through science humanity could make Nature bend to its will. This timely book unearths the challenge voiced by john Donne, Andrew Marvell, and thew Earl of Roacheser to Bacon's aendeavor to makae Nature subservient. Book jacket.

Contents:

An inheritance lost

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-170) and index.

ISBN:

9780230116849

0230116841

OCLC:

711049326