Title Coming to : consciousness and natality in early modern England / Timothy M. Harrison

Published Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (346 pages) Contents Introduction : Beginnings -- Milton and the birth of consciousness. Unexperienced thought ; Human nature experienced -- Traherne and the consciousness of birth. From creation to birth ; In utero -- Locke and the life of consciousness -- Natality and empiricism Summary "In "Coming To," Timothy Harrison reminds us of the forgotten role of poetry in the history of the idea of consciousness. Drawing our attention to a sea change in the English seventeenth century, when, over the course of a half century, "conscience" made a sudden shift to "consciousness," he traces a line that leads from the philosophy of René Descartes to the poetry of John Milton, from the prenatal memories of theologian Thomas Traherne to the unresolved perspective on natality, consciousness, and ethics in the philosophy of John Locke. Harrison shows how each of these figures responded to the importance accorded the first-person perspective and their views of the origins of how human thought began. Taken together, the writings of this unlikely group of thinkers sheds new light on the emergence of the concept of consciousness and the meaning of human natality. It will be read by literary scholars, philosophers, and historians of science alike"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 23, 2020) Subject Milton, John, 1608-1674 -- Criticism and interpretation Traherne, Thomas, -1674 -- Criticism and interpretation Locke, John, 1632-1704. SUBJECT Locke, John, 1632-1704 fast Milton, John, 1608-1674 fast Traherne, Thomas, -1674 fast Subject English poetry -- 17th century -- History and criticism Consciousness in literature. Experience in literature. Fetus in literature. Infant psychology -- England -- History -- 17th century Philosophy, English -- 17th century. English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Consciousness in literature English poetry Experience in literature Fetus in literature Infant psychology Philosophy, English England Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 022672526X 9780226725260

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