The Enthusiast : Anatomy of the Fanatic in Seventeenth-Century British Culture /

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"This book tells the story of the birth, rise, and intergenerational revision of the 'Enthusiast' character type during the Reformation and its importance for the ideas and literary style of the early British Enlightenment."--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Miller, William Cook, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prophets in literature.
Enthusiasm in literature.
English literature > Early modern.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Prophets, true and false
  • The mere enthusiast
  • Henry More's compound enthusiast
  • The double life of the compound enthusiast
  • John Locke's enthusiasts
  • The universal enthusiast in Shaftesbury and Astell
  • Swift's enthusiastic personae
  • Conclusion: Prophecy and the big allegory.

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