Coming To: Consciousness and Natality in Early Modern England

by Timothy M. Harrison

Book Overview

In Coming To, Timothy M. Harrison uncovers the forgotten role of poetry in the history of the idea of consciousness. Drawing our attention to a sea change in the English seventeenth century, when, over the course of a half century, "conscience" made a sudden shift to "consciousness," he traces a line that leads from the philosophy of Ren Descartes to the poetry of John Milton, from the prenatal memories of theologian Thomas Traherne to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022672512X
• ISBN13: 9780226725123
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"