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The Edges of Augustanism

The Aesthetics of Spirituality in Thomas Ken, John Byrom and William Law

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 1-5

  3. Thomas Ken

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Critical Heritage

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 9-13

    3. The Religious Background

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 14-30

    4. The Aesthetics of Infinity

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 31-37

    5. Neoclassicism

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 38-47

    6. The Metaphysical Tradition

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 48-67

    7. Poetic Diction

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 68-68

  4. John Byrom and William Law

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Light and Enlightenment

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 81-85

    3. Deism and Modernism

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 86-101

    4. From Quietism to Evangelicalism

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 102-114

    5. Theological Renewal

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 115-122

    6. Nature and Enthusiasm

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 123-132

    7. Psychology and Aesthetics

      • John Hoyles
      Pages 133-147

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 148-164
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It has recently been argued that the 18th century can no longer be 1 seen as gripped in the strait-jacket of Augustanism and Neoclassicism. Such labels are seen as doing less than justice to the rich variety of individual talents and intellectual trends which collectively constitute 18th century culture. While welcoming the interment of the long­ standing myth of the peace of the Augustans, there seems little point in placing an interdict on labels which, willy-nilly, have stuck. In economic, social and ecclesiastical terms there is an age between 1689 and 1789 whose homogeneity is reflected in its cultural products. There is a mainstream which the strength and variety of counter­ currents and cross-currents corroborate rather than disintegrate. It is the purpose of this study to reveal some aspects of this mainstream by examining certain cross-currents which overlap its edges. Hence the choice of Thomas Ken (1637-1711), John Byrom (1692-1763) and William Law (1686-1761).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Edges of Augustanism

  • Book Subtitle: The Aesthetics of Spirituality in Thomas Ken, John Byrom and William Law

  • Authors: John Hoyles

  • Series Title: International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2819-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands 1972

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-247-1317-2Published: 31 July 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-2821-9Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-2819-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0066-6610

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0307

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 164

  • Topics: History, general, Modern Philosophy

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