Into Another Mould - Change and Continuity in English Culture 16251700

Although 1660 to some extent marks a turning point, this comprehensive book (originally published in 1992) demonstrates an underlying continuity within the period of Stuart rule. It presents thinkers and writers before and after 1660 responding to similar dilemmas, albeit with different attitudes, methods, and conclusions.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. English politics 1625-1700 3. From faith to faith in reason? Religious thought in the seventeenth century 4. The book of nature 5. The visual arts and architecture in Britain 1625-1700 6. Conclusion: another pattern. Seventeenth-century Britain revisited.

About the author

T. G. S. Cain is Emeritus Professor in the Department of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK. His area of expertise is early modern English literature.
Ken Robinson, at the time of the first publication, was Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. He is now a psychoanalyst, a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, an Honorary Member of the Polish Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Society, and Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis in Northumbria University.

Summary

Although 1660 to some extent marks a turning point, this comprehensive book (originally published in 1992) demonstrates an underlying continuity within the period of Stuart rule. It presents thinkers and writers before and after 1660 responding to similar dilemmas, albeit with different attitudes, methods, and conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: T. G. S. Robinson Cain
• Assisted by: T. G. S. Cain (Editor), Ken Robinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032846279
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284627-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Cultural Studies, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Literary theory