Mysticism in English Literature

A classic study of mysticism in English literature, which features the following: 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 Brontë, 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 Harvey; Blake and Francis Thompson.