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

Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 174 pages) Contents Getting Back to Eden: Bacon and Utopian Literature -- 'Racked Carcasses make Ill Anatomies': John Donne and the Science of Torture -- 'Companions of my Thoughts More Green': Damon's Baconian Sexing of Nature -- A 'Fantastic Mind' and a 'Fixed Heart': Rochester and the Disciplining of the Mind 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-170) and index Subject Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 -- Influence Donne, John, 1572-1631 -- Criticism and interpretation Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678 -- Criticism and interpretation Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 fast Donne, John, 1572-1631 fast Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678 fast Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 fast Subject English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism Nature in literature. Empiricism in literature. Literature and science -- England -- History -- 17th century POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Empiricism in literature English poetry -- Early modern Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Literature and science Nature in literature SUBJECT England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043302 Subject England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230337916 0230337910 9780230116849 0230116841

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