Coming To: Consciousness and Natality in Early Modern England

by Timothy M. Harrison

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In Coming To, Timothy M. Harrison uncovers the forgotten role of poetry in the history of the idea of consciousness. Drawing our attention to a sea change in the English seventeenth century, when, over the course of a half century, "conscience" made a sudden shift to "consciousness," he traces a line that leads from the philosophy of Ren Descartes to the poetry of John Milton, from the prenatal memories of theologian Thomas Traherne to the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022672512X

ISBN13:9780226725123

Release Date:September 2020

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.24 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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