The seventeenth century background
Subtitle: studies in the thought of the age in relation to poetry and religion.
Series: Doubleday anchor books, A19
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1953
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
Subjects: Seventeenth century; Religious thought -- 17th century; Theology, Doctrinal -- Great Britain -- History; Philosophy, Modern -- 17th century; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
Description: Cambridge Professor Basil Willey wrote this volume as a companion to his preceding work on the Seventeenth Century Background. Whereas the 17th C. key word was "Truth," he maintains the 18th C key word was "Nature." Organized in 12 chapters including "The Wisdom of God in the Creation, Cosmic Toryism, Natural Morality--Shaftesbury, Nature in Satire, Jos. Priestley and the Socinian Moonlight, and Nature in Wordsworth.