Joseph Glanvill: A Study in English Thought and Letters of the Seventeenth Century

Ferris Greenslet

Published by Columbia University Press 1900

Joseph Glanvill

A Study in English Thought and Letters of the Seventeenth Century

Ferris Greenslet

In the series Columbia University Studies in English

https://doi.org/10.7312/gree91706

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A study of the works and ideas of Joseph Glanvill, with a brief sketch of his life and English Philosophy of his time. Topic include Glanvill's philosophy, his latitudinarian theology, his ghost stories, belief in witchcraft, and investigation into psychic phenomena, and his prose and critical theories.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
I. The Tendencies of English Thought 1579–1660 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. The Cambridge Platonists Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
III. Glanvill’s Life and the Order of His Writings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
IV. The Philosophy of Glanvill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
V. Latitudinarian Theology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
VI. Ghost Stories and Witchcraft Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
VII. Glanvill as a Man Of Letters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Copyright year: 1900
Audience: College/higher education;
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- Main content: 238

eBook

Published: May 6, 2019
ISBN: 9780231885065