LEADER 04458nam 2200865Ia 450 001 9910463223403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8122-0425-5 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812204254 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418267 035 $a(OCoLC)859160887 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10748565 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001075250 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11687088 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001075250 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11213523 035 $a(PQKB)10886407 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442139 035 $a(OCoLC)648591434 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29107 035 $a(DE-B1597)449743 035 $a(OCoLC)1013964291 035 $a(OCoLC)1029831766 035 $a(OCoLC)1032689249 035 $a(OCoLC)1037978756 035 $a(OCoLC)1041993619 035 $a(OCoLC)1046615951 035 $a(OCoLC)1047009838 035 $a(OCoLC)1049618603 035 $a(OCoLC)1054869533 035 $a(OCoLC)979779011 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812204254 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442139 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10748565 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL682708 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418267 100 $a20091218d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBack to nature$b[electronic resource] $ethe green and the real in the late Renaissance /$fRobert N. Watson 205 $a1st pbk. ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-51426-7 311 $a0-8122-2022-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [397]-417) and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPart I. Introduction The Green and the Real -- $t1. Ecology, Epistemology, and Empiricism -- $t2. Theology, Semiotics, and Literature -- $tPart II. Paradoxes Alienation from Nature in English Literature -- $t3. As You Liken It: Simile in the Forest -- $t4. Shades of Green: Marvell's Garden and the Mowers -- $tPart III. Reformations Protestant Politics, Poetics, and Paintings -- $t5. Metaphysical and Cavalier Styles of Consciousness -- $t6. The Retreat of God, the Passions of Nature, and the Objects of Dutch Painting -- $t7. Nature in Two Dimensions: Perspective and Presence in Ryckaert, Vermeer, and Others -- $tPart IV. Solutions The Consolations of Mediation -- $t8. Metal and Flesh in The Merchant of Venice: Shining Substitutes and Approximate Values -- $t9. Thomas Traherne: The World as Present -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex -- $tAcknowledgments 330 $aSelected 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. 606 $aEnglish literature$yEarly modern, 1500-1700$xHistory and criticism 606 $aNature in literature 606 $aPastoral literature, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPhilosophy of nature in literature 606 $aHuman ecology in literature 606 $aRenaissance$zEngland 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aNature in literature. 615 0$aPastoral literature, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPhilosophy of nature in literature. 615 0$aHuman ecology in literature. 615 0$aRenaissance 676 $a820.93609031 686 $aHG 430$2rvk 700 $aWatson$b Robert N$0552758 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463223403321 996 $aBack to nature$92473884 997 $aUNINA