Mysticism in English Literature
Nonfiction, History, British, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction & Literature
| Author: | Caroline F. E. Spurgeon | ISBN: | 1230000145684 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | June 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caroline F. E. Spurgeon |
| ISBN: | 1230000145684 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | June 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features a linked Table of Contents.
CONTENTS
I. Introduction
Definition of Mysticism. The Early Mystical Writers. Plato. Plotinus. Chronological Sketch of Mystical Thought in England.
II. Love and Beauty Mystics
Shelley, Rossetti, Browning, Coventry Patmore, and Keats.
III. Nature Mystics
Henry Vaughan, Wordsworth, Richard Jefferies.
IV. Philosophical Mystics
(i) Poets. — Donne, Traherne, Emily Brontë, Tennyson.
(ii) Prose Writers. — William Law, Burke, Coleridge, Carlyle.
V. Devotional and Religious Mystics
The Early English Writers: Richard Rolle and Julian; Crashawe, Herbert, and Christopher Harvey; Blake and Francis Thompson.
Bibliography
Index
This edition features a linked Table of Contents.
CONTENTS
I. Introduction
Definition of Mysticism. The Early Mystical Writers. Plato. Plotinus. Chronological Sketch of Mystical Thought in England.
II. Love and Beauty Mystics
Shelley, Rossetti, Browning, Coventry Patmore, and Keats.
III. Nature Mystics
Henry Vaughan, Wordsworth, Richard Jefferies.
IV. Philosophical Mystics
(i) Poets. — Donne, Traherne, Emily Brontë, Tennyson.
(ii) Prose Writers. — William Law, Burke, Coleridge, Carlyle.
V. Devotional and Religious Mystics
The Early English Writers: Richard Rolle and Julian; Crashawe, Herbert, and Christopher Harvey; Blake and Francis Thompson.
Bibliography
Index
