Jonathan Swift and the millennium of madness : the information age in Swift's A tale of a tub

Jonathan Swift and the millennium of madness the information age in Swift's A tale of a tub

Casting aside critical shibboleths in place for centuries, Kenneth Craven's Jonathan Swift and the Millennium of Madness proposes a new view of intellectual history. This revisionary study documents Swift's intimate knowledge of seventeenth-century science from Bacon and the Invisible Coll...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Craven, Kenneth, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden [Netherlands] ; New York : E.J. Brill 1992.
Colección:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 30.
Materias:
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745. > Tale of a tub.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Knowledge and learning.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Information science in literature.
Philosophy in literature.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009786694506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • CHAPTER ONE: KRONOS: THE END OF ALL
  • CHAPTER TWO: TOLAND: MYSTERIOUS REASON
  • CHAPTER THREE: MARSH AND BROWNE: ASS AND RIDER
  • CHAPTER FOUR: MILTON: CONSCIENCE FREE
  • CHAPTER FIVE: SHAFTESBURY: VIRTUE TRAMPLED
  • CHAPTER SIX: HARRINGTON: MANY AGAINST THE BALANCE
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: TEMPLE AND THE SENTINELS OF EDEN
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: PARACELSUS: ASTRAL CHEMISTRY
  • CHAPTER NINE: NEWTON: MILLENNIAL MECHANICS
  • CHAPTER TEN: SWIFT: SATURNINE MELANCHOLY
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX.

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