Thomas Traherne and Seventeenth-Century Thought

Thomas Traherne has all too often been defined and studied as a solitary thinker, "out of his time," and not as a participant in the complex intellectual currents of the period. The essays collected here take issue with this reading, placing Traherne firmly in his historical context and situating his work within broader issues in seventeenth-century studies and the history of ideas. They draw on recently published textual discoveries alongside manuscripts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843844249
• ISBN13: 9781843844242
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"