BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. I. “FALLACIOUS MUSE” Some Opinions of Cowley and Cowley’s Opinion of Poetry 1
5. II. “SPIRIT, THROUGH THE WHOLE MASS IS SPREAD” Divine and Human Love in a Phenomenal World 32
6. III. “AN INCURABLE DISEASE” Sober Thought about Life and Art 58
7. IV. “THE MINDS RIGHT OBJECT” AND “GIGANTIQUE SENSE” The Influence of Bacon and Hobbes on Cowley’s Concept of Poetry 92
8. V. “THE MUSE ME HER HIGH PRIEST WOULD MAKE” The Poet as Philosopher 135
9. VI. “TRUTH IS TRUEST POESIE” The Natural Philosophers’ World of Order 178
10. VII. “POWER OF NATURES KING” The World of Order in the Davideis 227
11. VIII. “NATURE’S LAW” The World of Order in the Plantarum 267
12. IX. “TIDE OF GLORY” Cowley’s Position as a Poet 297
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 327
14. NOTES 341
15. INDEX 367