The fringes of belief
Ellenzweig, Sarah.
The fringes of belief English literature, ancient heresy, and the politics of freethinking, 1660-1760 / [electronic resource] : Sarah Ellenzweig. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2008. - xii, 240 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
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English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Free thought in literature.
Christianity and literature--History--England--17th century.
Christianity and literature--History--England--18th century.
Free thought--History--England--17th century.
Free thought--History--England--18th century.
Electronic books.
PR445 / .E45 2008eb
820.9/382
The fringes of belief English literature, ancient heresy, and the politics of freethinking, 1660-1760 / [electronic resource] : Sarah Ellenzweig. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2008. - xii, 240 p.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
English literature--History and criticism.--18th century
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
Free thought in literature.
Christianity and literature--History--England--17th century.
Christianity and literature--History--England--18th century.
Free thought--History--England--17th century.
Free thought--History--England--18th century.
Electronic books.
PR445 / .E45 2008eb
820.9/382