George Sandys
Subtitle: travel, colonialism, and tolerance in the seventeenth century
By: James Ellison.
Series: Studies in Renaissance literature,; v. 8
Publisher: D.S. Brewer
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Cambridge; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
Subjects: Sandys, George, 1578-1644 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Sandys, George, 1578-1644 -- Travel.; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; British -- Foreign countries -- History -- 17th century.; Liberalism -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.; Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography.; Travelers' writings, English -- History and criticism.; Travel writing -- History -- 17th century.; Imperialism in literature.; Liberalism in literature.; Toleration in literature.; Travel in literature.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of a liberal outlook; title: Political and religious attitudes in Sandys's A Relation; title: The Virginia Company and Christian imperialism; title: Sandys in America; title: The Caroline court and Great Tew - panegyric and admonition; title: Sandys's Psalms and Laudianism; title: Parables of scepticism and tolerance from Sandys's great Tew years.