The Concept of Nature in Early Modern English Literature

ISBN: 9781108756068 出版年：2019 页码：238 Peter Remien Cambridge University Press

The concept of nature in early modern english literature traces a genealogy of ecology in seventeenth-century literature and natural philosophy through the development of the protoecological concept of 'the oeconomy of nature'. Founded in 1644 by kenelm digby, this concept was subsequently employed by a number of theologians, physicians, and natural philosophers to conceptualize nature as an interdependent system. Focusing on the middle decades of the seventeenth century, peter remien examines how samuel gott, walter charleton, robert boyle, samuel collins, and thomas burnet formed the oeconomy of nature. Remien also shows how literary authors ben jonson, george herbert, andrew marvell, margaret cavendish, and john milton use the discourse of oeconomy to explore the contours of humankind's relationship with the natural world.