Annotated Sources #22-34 (3/7-4/3)

And the backlog of annotated sources finally presents itself ....


(3/7) Baker, Herschel Clay. The Dignity of Man: Studies in the Persistence of an Idea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1947. Print.

• This text provides a history of how man has thought of himself. The text is divided into three sections: the Classical View of Man, the Christian View of Man, and the Renaissance View of Man. Baker's book will be useful in providing information on how man has perceived himself in relation to God. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young. 

(3/9) Bamborough, J. B. The Little World of Man. London: Longmans, Green, 1952. Print.

•  This book examines psychology and English Renaissance literature. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young. 

(3/12) Bush, Douglas. Science and English Poetry: A Historical Sketch, 1590-1950. New York: Oxford UP, 1950. Print.

• This book explores the relationship between science and poetry in England. I hope that the broad time period it covers will give an interesting overview of how the Copernican Revolution continued to have an impact on literature. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(3/14) Craig, Hardin. The Enchanted Glass the Elizabethan Mind in Literature. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1950. Print.

• This book explores the impact of sixteenth century culture on the Elizabethan mind, and how this was expressed through literature. This will hopefully address how cosmological ideas are represented in literature. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young. It is available to read online:  http://www.questia.com/library/book/the-enchanted-glass-the-elizabethan-mind-in-literature-by-hardin-craig.jsp 

(3/16) Lewis, C. S. A Preface to Paradise Lost. London: Oxford UP, 1961. Print.

• This book is, of course, focused on Milton's Paradise Lost, which I hope will be helpful to my research. It particularly addresses the Elizabethan world picture and some contemporary theological issues, which I think will be very enlightening in relation to my project. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young. It is available to read online:  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=4359520 

(3/19) Lovejoy, Arthur O. The Great Chain of Being; a Study of the History of an Idea. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1936. Print.

• This book discusses the Great Chain of Being, and will be very helpful in understanding the definition of God according to the Renaissance cosmology that is closely tied with the Chain. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(3/21) Lowes, John Livingston. Geoffrey Chaucer: Lectures Delivered in 1932 on the William J. Cooper Foundation in Swarthmore College. London: Oxford UP, 1949. Print.

• I can't find any information on this text, but it was recommended to me by Dr. Young. 

(3/23) Spencer, Theodore. Shakespeare and the Nature of Man. New York: Macmillan, 1942. Print.

• This book, particularly the first two chapters, provide an overview of the relationship between man and the cosmos. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young. It is available to read online:  http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9028720

(3/26) Tayler, Edward W. Nature and Art in Renaissance Literature. New York: Columbia UP, 1964. Print.

• This text addresses nature and art, and particularly nature and art as they relate to God and man—sometimes one was closer to God, and sometimes it was the other. Their representation in literature may give me a good idea of how God was defined by those living during the Renaissance. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(3/28) Tillyard, E. M. W. The Elizabethan World Picture. London: Chatto & Windus, 1943. Print.

• This book discusses Renaissance cosmology and related concepts, such as the Great Chain of Being, and how they are represented in literature. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(3/30) Wilson, F. P. Elizabethan and Jacobean. Oxford: Clarendon, 1945. Print.

• This book discusses the relationship between the Elizabethans and the Jacobeans. I am particularly interested in the first chapter, which discusses their shared concept of man's relationship to God. This text was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(4/1) Wilson, John Dover. The Essential Shakespeare. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge UP, 1952. Print.

• I can't find much information on this text, but it was recommended to me by Dr. Young.  

(4/3) Patrides, C. A. "The Numerological Approach to Cosmic Order During the English Renaissance." Isis 49.4 (1958): 391-397. Print.

• Patrides's article cites the previous twelve sources, and outlines the hierarchical structure of the cosmos. This will be useful in getting a stronger idea of man's perception of God during the Renaissance.