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• catalog abstract "Francis Bacon, John Milton, and Samuel Butler are three writers generally thought to have little in common. Yet, as Alvin Snider argues, all participated in the seventeenth-century discourse on origins. They believed that the truth of an idea could be determined by enquiry into its genesis, and looked for authority in rudimentary and incorrupt principles. Bacon wanted to rebuild knowledge from its foundations; Milton invoked a distant past to secure a base for the present; and Butler expressed intense nostalgia for a fixed truth associated with origins. Focusing on writings by these three figures, Snider shows how an authoritative discourse on origin became an alternative to error in a time of revolution and cultural transformation, and traces its gradual disintegration as the difficulty of locating origins became increasingly evident. Snider concentrates on three texts: Bacon's Novum Organum, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Butler's Hudibras. He treats the concept of a definitive origin not just as a literary or historical tope but as a complex system of representation that informs the poetry, philosophy, and other writings of the period. Drawing on theories of ideology and attending carefully to the role of language in the production and construction of knowledge, Snider shows how Bacon's desire to abolish error through a systematic renovation of authority contributed to the formation of an ideal of scientific objectivity. He argues that the quest for an absolute beginning in Paradise Lost foregrounds the problems of representation and of making experience a reliable index of truth. Moving from the emergence of modern science early in the century to the revival of epic and monarchy after the Restoration, he considers texts from a range of disciplines. Writing with economy, clarity, and verve, Snider revises the intellectual history of the seventeenth century, superimposing a new narrative of disintegrating confidence on the old one of the triumph of science over poetry.".
• catalog contributor b5731633.
• catalog created "c1994.".
• catalog date "1994".
• catalog date "c1994.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
• catalog description "Francis Bacon, John Milton, and Samuel Butler are three writers generally thought to have little in common. Yet, as Alvin Snider argues, all participated in the seventeenth-century discourse on origins. They believed that the truth of an idea could be determined by enquiry into its genesis, and looked for authority in rudimentary and incorrupt principles. Bacon wanted to rebuild knowledge from its foundations; Milton invoked a distant past to secure a base for the present; and Butler expressed intense nostalgia for a fixed truth associated with origins. Focusing on writings by these three figures, Snider shows how an authoritative discourse on origin became an alternative to error in a time of revolution and cultural transformation, and traces its gradual disintegration as the difficulty of locating origins became increasingly evident. Snider concentrates on three texts: Bacon's Novum Organum, Milton's Paradise Lost, and Butler's Hudibras. ".
• catalog description "He treats the concept of a definitive origin not just as a literary or historical tope but as a complex system of representation that informs the poetry, philosophy, and other writings of the period. Drawing on theories of ideology and attending carefully to the role of language in the production and construction of knowledge, Snider shows how Bacon's desire to abolish error through a systematic renovation of authority contributed to the formation of an ideal of scientific objectivity. He argues that the quest for an absolute beginning in Paradise Lost foregrounds the problems of representation and of making experience a reliable index of truth. Moving from the emergence of modern science early in the century to the revival of epic and monarchy after the Restoration, he considers texts from a range of disciplines. ".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-278) and index.".
• catalog description "Introduction: Origin, Error, Ideology -- pt. 1. Francis Bacon: Organon and Origin. 1. 'Pure and Uncorrupted Natural Knowledge'. 2. Writing Error in the Novum Organum. 3. Authorizing Aphorism. 4. Legitimation and the Origin of Restoration Science -- pt. 2. Seeing Double in Paradise Lost. 5. Beginning Late. 6. Who Himself Beginning Knew? 7. The Figure in the Mirror -- pt. 3. Butler's Hudibras: The Post-Epic Condition. 8. 'As Aeneas Bore His Sire'. 9. Metaphysick Wit. 10. A Babylonish Dialect. 11. By Equivocation Swear.".
• catalog description "Writing with economy, clarity, and verve, Snider revises the intellectual history of the seventeenth century, superimposing a new narrative of disintegrating confidence on the old one of the triumph of science over poetry.".
• catalog extent "viii, 286 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Origin and authority in seventeenth-century England.".
• catalog identifier "0802028659 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Origin and authority in seventeenth-century England.".
• catalog issued "1994".
• catalog issued "c1994.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
• catalog relation "Origin and authority in seventeenth-century England.".
• catalog subject "121 20".
• catalog subject "820.9/384 20".
• catalog subject "B1131 .S65 1994".
• catalog subject "Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Novum organum.".
• catalog subject "Beginning History 17th century.".
• catalog subject "Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. Hudibras.".
• catalog subject "English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.".
• catalog subject "Philosophy, English 17th century.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Origin, Error, Ideology -- pt. 1. Francis Bacon: Organon and Origin. 1. 'Pure and Uncorrupted Natural Knowledge'. 2. Writing Error in the Novum Organum. 3. Authorizing Aphorism. 4. Legitimation and the Origin of Restoration Science -- pt. 2. Seeing Double in Paradise Lost. 5. Beginning Late. 6. Who Himself Beginning Knew? 7. The Figure in the Mirror -- pt. 3. Butler's Hudibras: The Post-Epic Condition. 8. 'As Aeneas Bore His Sire'. 9. Metaphysick Wit. 10. A Babylonish Dialect. 11. By Equivocation Swear.".
• catalog title "Origin and authority in seventeenth-century England : Bacon, Milton, Butler / Alvin Snider.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".