Mysticism in English Literature

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spine faded. Some fading to boards. Minor foxing.; vii, [1], 168 pages + [4] pages advertisements. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Black illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 163 x 117mm. "The variety of applications of the term 'mysticism' has forced me to restrict myself here to a discussion of that philosophical type of mysticism which concerns itself with questions of ultimate reality. My aim, too, has been to consider this subject in connection with great English writers. I have had, therefore, to exclude, with regret, the literature of America, so rich in mystical thought." - page v. Contents: I. Introduction - Definition of Mysticism; The Early Mystical Writers. Plato. Plotinus. Chronological Sketch of Mystical Thought in England; II. Love and Beauty Mystics - Shelley, Rossetti, Browning, Coventry Patmore, and Keats; III. Nature Mystics - Henry Vaughan, Wordsworth; Richard Jefferies; IV. Philosophical Mystics - (i) Poets. - Donne, Traherne, Emily Bronte, Tennyson; (ii) Prose Writers. - William Law, Burke, Coleridge, Carlyle; V. Devotional and Religious Mystics - The Early English Writers: Richard Rolle and Julian; Crashawe, Herbert, and Christopher Harvewy; Blake and Francis Thompson; Bibliography; Index. The author was Lecturer in English Literature at Bedford College, University of London. Series title: The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature". This series was issued in cloth at 1s. net, or in leather at 2s. 6d. net. .