Peter Remien (Idaho Lewis-Clark State College)

The Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book focuses on Kenelm Digby's development of 'the oeconomy of nature' in the seventeenth century and how this concept influences the literature of Jonson, Marvell, Herbert, and Milton. It is for graduate students and researchers working in the field of early modern English literature and literature and the environment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781108496810
• ISBN-10: 1108496814
• Artikelnr.: 54014388

Autorenporträt

Peter Remien is an Associate Professor of English at Lewis-Clark State College, Idaho. His teaching and scholarship focuses on early modern English literature, with particular attention to economic and environmental approaches. His articles have appeared in a number of journals including Modern Philology, ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, Studies in Philology, the Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, Spenser Studies, and PMLA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: oeconomy and ecology
1. The oeconomy of nature in seventeenth-century England
2. Penshurst's parasites: Ben Jonson and the art of bad housekeeping
3. The school of beasts: human and animal dwellings in Viret and Marvell
4. Divine husbandry: providence and oikonomia in the works of George Herbert
5. Labors of luxury: John Milton, Thomas Burnet, and the nature of human labor
Epilogue: from economy to ecology.