04458nam 2200865Ia 450 991046322340332120200520144314.00-8122-0425-510.9783/9780812204254(CKB)2670000000418267(OCoLC)859160887(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748565(SSID)ssj0001075250(PQKBManifestationID)11687088(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075250(PQKBWorkID)11213523(PQKB)10886407(MiAaPQ)EBC3442139(OCoLC)648591434(MdBmJHUP)muse29107(DE-B1597)449743(OCoLC)1013964291(OCoLC)1029831766(OCoLC)1032689249(OCoLC)1037978756(OCoLC)1041993619(OCoLC)1046615951(OCoLC)1047009838(OCoLC)1049618603(OCoLC)1054869533(OCoLC)979779011(DE-B1597)9780812204254(Au-PeEL)EBL3442139(CaPaEBR)ebr10748565(CaONFJC)MIL682708(EXLCZ)99267000000041826720091218d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBack to nature[electronic resource] the green and the real in the late Renaissance /Robert N. Watson1st pbk. ed.Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Press20081 online resource (446 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-51426-7 0-8122-2022-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [397]-417) and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part I. Introduction The Green and the Real -- 1. Ecology, Epistemology, and Empiricism -- 2. Theology, Semiotics, and Literature -- Part II. Paradoxes Alienation from Nature in English Literature -- 3. As You Liken It: Simile in the Forest -- 4. Shades of Green: Marvell's Garden and the Mowers -- Part III. Reformations Protestant Politics, Poetics, and Paintings -- 5. Metaphysical and Cavalier Styles of Consciousness -- 6. The Retreat of God, the Passions of Nature, and the Objects of Dutch Painting -- 7. Nature in Two Dimensions: Perspective and Presence in Ryckaert, Vermeer, and Others -- Part IV. Solutions The Consolations of Mediation -- 8. Metal and Flesh in The Merchant of Venice: Shining Substitutes and Approximate Values -- 9. Thomas Traherne: The World as Present -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- AcknowledgmentsSelected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleSweeping across scholarly disciplines, Back to Nature shows that, from the moment of their conception, modern ecological and epistemological anxieties were conjoined twins. Urbanization, capitalism, Protestantism, colonialism, revived Skepticism, empirical science, and optical technologies conspired to alienate people from both the earth and reality itself in the seventeenth century. Literary and visual arts explored the resulting cultural wounds, expressing the pain and proposing some ingenious cures. The stakes, Robert N. Watson demonstrates, were huge.Shakespeare's comedies, Marvell's pastoral lyrics, Traherne's visionary Centuries, and Dutch painting all illuminate a fierce submerged debate about what love of nature has to do with perception of reality.English literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismNature in literaturePastoral literature, EnglishHistory and criticismPhilosophy of nature in literatureHuman ecology in literatureRenaissanceEnglandElectronic books.English literatureHistory and criticism.Nature in literature.Pastoral literature, EnglishHistory and criticism.Philosophy of nature in literature.Human ecology in literature.Renaissance820.93609031HG 430rvkWatson Robert N552758MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463223403321Back to nature2473884UNINA