03265nam 22007214a 450 991077820700332120230721022752.00-8047-6979-610.1515/9780804769792(CKB)1000000000793427(OCoLC)471131123(CaPaEBR)ebrary10313976(SSID)ssj0000279667(PQKBManifestationID)11229703(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000279667(PQKBWorkID)10268087(PQKB)10098230(StDuBDS)EDZ0000127690(MiAaPQ)EBC3037574(DE-B1597)564236(DE-B1597)9780804769792(Au-PeEL)EBL3037574(CaPaEBR)ebr10313976(OCoLC)923700039(OCoLC)1198931400(EXLCZ)99100000000079342720080314d2008 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrThe fringes of belief[electronic resource] English literature, ancient heresy, and the politics of freethinking, 1660-1760 /Sarah EllenzweigStanford, Calif. Stanford University Pressc20081 online resource (255 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8047-5877-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-227 ) and index.Introduction : literary culture, the classical past, and the rise of Restoration freethinking -- Libertine precursors. Rochester, Blount, and the faith of unbelief -- Behn, Fontenelle, and the cheats of revealed religion -- Skepticism and piety. Swift's Tale of a tub and the anthropology of religion -- Suspending disbelief : Swift, credulity, and the pious fraud -- Conclusion : Pope's "Essay on man" and the afterlife of English freethinking.A literary study of freethinking and religious skepticism in the English Enlightenment. Ellenzweig argues that a literature of English freethinking has been overlooked because it unexpectedly supported aspects of institutional religion. She analyzes works by, among others, John Wilmot, Aphra Behn, Swift and Pope.English literature18th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literatureEarly modern, 1500-1700History and criticismFree thought in literatureChristianity and literatureEnglandHistory17th centuryChristianity and literatureEnglandHistory18th centuryFree thoughtEnglandHistory17th centuryFree thoughtEnglandHistory18th centuryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English literatureHistory and criticism.Free thought in literature.Christianity and literatureHistoryChristianity and literatureHistoryFree thoughtHistoryFree thoughtHistory820.9/382Ellenzweig Sarah1481922MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778207003321The fringes of belief3699215UNINA