Francis Bacon and the Seventeenth-Century Intellectual Discourse [electronic resource] /
Funari, A.author.
This book explores the resistance of three English poets to Francis Bacon's project to restore humanity to Adamic mastery over nature, moving beyond a discussion of the tension between Bacon and these poetic voices to suggest theywere also debating the narrative of humanity's intellectual path.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-170) and index.
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.
This book explores the resistance of three English poets to Francis Bacon's project to restore humanity to Adamic mastery over nature, moving beyond a discussion of the tension between Bacon and these poetic voices to suggest theywere also debating the narrative of humanity's intellectual path.
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Donne, John, 1572-1631
Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678
Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680
Literature, Modern.
Intellectual life—History.
Literature—Philosophy.
British literature.
Ethnology.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Early Modern/Renaissance Literature.
Intellectual Studies.
Literary Theory.
British and Irish Literature.
Cultural Anthropology.
Cultural Theory.