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The seventeenth-century background

studies in the thought of the age in relation to poetry and religion.

By Willey, Basil

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Publish Date

1962

Publisher

Penguin

Language

eng

Pages

315

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.