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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 373 pages 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339). Contents; Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. "FALLACIOUS MUSE" Some Opinions of Cowley and Cowley's Opinion of Poetry -- II. "SPIRIT, THROUGH THE WHOLE MASS IS SPREAD" Divine and Human Love in a Phenomenal World -- III. "AN INCURABLE DISEASE" Sober Thought about Life and Art -- IV. "THE MINDS RIGHT OBJECT" AND "GIGANTIQUE SENSE" The Influence of Bacon and Hobbes on Cowley's Concept of Poetry -- V. "THE MUSE ME HER HIGH PRIEST WOULD MAKE" The Poet as Philosopher -- VI. "TRUTH IS TRUEST POESIE" The Natural Philosophers' World of Order -- VII. "POWER OF NATURES KING" The World of Order in the Davideis -- VIII. "NATURE'S LAW" The World of Order in the Plantarum -- IX. "TIDE OF GLORY" Cowley's Position as a Poet -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- INDEX. Subjects; Cowley, Abraham 1618-1667. Cowley, Abraham 1618-1667 Criticism and interpretation. Cowley, Abraham. Authors, English 17th century ; Biography. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 373 pages 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339). Contents; Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. "FALLACIOUS MUSE" Some Opinions of Cowley and Cowley's Opinion of Poetry -- II. "SPIRIT, THROUGH THE WHOLE MASS IS SPREAD" Divine and Human Love in a Phenomenal World -- III. "AN INCURABLE DISEASE" Sober Thought about Life and Art -- IV. "THE MINDS RIGHT OBJECT" AND "GIGANTIQUE SENSE" The Influence of Bacon and Hobbes on Cowley's Concept of Poetry -- V. "THE MUSE ME HER HIGH PRIEST WOULD MAKE" The Poet as Philosopher -- VI. "TRUTH IS TRUEST POESIE" The Natural Philosophers' World of Order -- VII. "POWER OF NATURES KING" The World of Order in the Davideis -- VIII. "NATURE'S LAW" The World of Order in the Plantarum -- IX. "TIDE OF GLORY" Cowley's Position as a Poet -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NOTES -- INDEX. Subjects; Cowley, Abraham 1618-1667. Cowley, Abraham 1618-1667 Criticism and interpretation. Cowley, Abraham. Authors, English 17th century ; Biography. 1 Kg.