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.
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.
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.
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.
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