Hobbes and His Poetic Contemporaries : Cultural Transmission in Early Modern England

As an exceptionally long-lived author (1588-1679) whose protracted development, late appearance in print, subsequent muzzling, and profound notoriety raise fascinating questions about how, when, and to what effect his thinking exerted an impact as he sought to transform an entire culture, Hobbes supplies the ideal focus for a study of cultural transmission in early modern England. Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, select poetic contemporaries variously illuminate the scope of Hobbes's writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 “How He Did Grow”: Hobbes, Hobbes, and Hobbes......Page 14 2 “To Governe the Reader”: Hobbes and Davenant......Page 32 3 “Plain Magick”: Hobbes and Cowley......Page 64 4 “Joynt Innterest”: Hobbes and Waller......Page 82 5 “Absurd and Foolish Philosophy”: Hobbes and Rochester......Page 116 6 “Common Passions”: Hobbes and Suckling......Page 146 7 “Sufficiently Disposed”: Hobbes and Godolphin......Page 170 8 “Ordinary Artifice”: Hobbes and Jonson......Page 188 Notes......Page 220 Works Cited......Page 232 B......Page 244 C......Page 245 D......Page 247 E......Page 248 H......Page 249 I......Page 252 L......Page 253 M......Page 254 P......Page 255 R......Page 256 S......Page 257 W......Page 259 Z......Page 261 "As an exceptionally long-lived author (1588-1679) whose protracted development, late appearance in print, subsequent muzzling, and profound notoriety raise fascinating questions about how, when, and to what effect his thinking exerted an impact as he sought to transform an entire culture, Hobbes supplies the ideal focus for a study of cultural transmission in early modern England. Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, select poetic contemporaries variously illuminate the scope of Hobbes's writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work."--Jacket Ranging from Jonson to Rochester and including several critically neglected figures, this work brings together poetic contemporaries who illuminate the scope of Hobbes' writing and the reach of his influence, in turn shedding diverse lights on the nature of their own work