Romantic Atheism : Poetry and Freethought, 1780-1830.

By: Priestman, MartinMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge Studies in RomanticismPublisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (326 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780511156267Subject(s): English poetry--19th century--History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Romantic Atheism : Poetry and Freethought, 1780–1830DDC classification: 821.709 LOC classification: PR590 .P74 1999Online resources: Click to View
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The atheism debate, 1780-1800 -- CHAPTER 2 Masters of the universe: Lucretius, Sir William Jones, Richard Payne Knight and Erasmus Darwin -- CHAPTER 3 And did those feet? Blake in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 4 The tribes of mind: the Coleridge circle in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 5 Whatsoe'er is dim and vast: Wordsworth in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 6 Temples of reason: atheist strategies, 1800-1830 -- CHAPTER 7 Pretty paganism: the Shelley generation in the 1810s -- Conclusion -- Glossary of theological and other terms -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE ATHEISM DEBATE, 1780-1800 -- 2 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE -- 3 AND DID THOSE FEET? -- 4 THE TRIBES OF MIND -- 5 WHATSOE 'ER IS DIM AND VAST -- 6 TEMPLES OF REASON -- 7 PRETTY PAGANISM -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book explores the links between Romantic poetry and the first burst of outspoken atheism in Britain.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 The atheism debate, 1780-1800 -- CHAPTER 2 Masters of the universe: Lucretius, Sir William Jones, Richard Payne Knight and Erasmus Darwin -- CHAPTER 3 And did those feet? Blake in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 4 The tribes of mind: the Coleridge circle in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 5 Whatsoe'er is dim and vast: Wordsworth in the 1790s -- CHAPTER 6 Temples of reason: atheist strategies, 1800-1830 -- CHAPTER 7 Pretty paganism: the Shelley generation in the 1810s -- Conclusion -- Glossary of theological and other terms -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE ATHEISM DEBATE, 1780-1800 -- 2 MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE -- 3 AND DID THOSE FEET? -- 4 THE TRIBES OF MIND -- 5 WHATSOE 'ER IS DIM AND VAST -- 6 TEMPLES OF REASON -- 7 PRETTY PAGANISM -- CONCLUSION -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book explores the links between Romantic poetry and the first burst of outspoken atheism in Britain.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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