Hobbes and His Poetic Contemporaries : Cultural Transmission in Early Modern England / by R. Hillyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillyer, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--History.

Philosophy.

Poetry.

European literature.

Literature, Modern--19th century.

Literature, Modern.

European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600.

Critical theory.

History of Philosophy.

Poetry and Poetics.

European Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

Critical Theory.

Local Subjects:

History of Philosophy.

Poetry and Poetics.

European Literature.

Nineteenth-Century Literature.

Early Modern and Renaissance Literature.

Critical Theory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (261 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2007.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, select poetic contemporaries variously illuminate the scope of Hobbes's writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 "How He Did Grow": Hobbes, Hobbes, and Hobbes; 2 "To Governe the Reader": Hobbes and Davenant; 3 "Plain Magick": Hobbes and Cowley; 4 "Joynt Innterest": Hobbes and Waller; 5 "Absurd and Foolish Philosophy": Hobbes and Rochester; 6 "Common Passions": Hobbes and Suckling; 7 "Sufficiently Disposed": Hobbes and Godolphin; 8 "Ordinary Artifice": Hobbes and Jonson; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611362928

9781281362926

1281362921

9780230604346

023060434X

OCLC:

314793647