02114nam a22003734a 4500 ebr10313976 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080314s2008 cau sb 001 0 eng c 2008011777 9780804758772 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)471131123 PR445 .E45 2008eb 820.9/382 22 Ellenzweig, Sarah. The fringes of belief [electronic resource] : English literature, ancient heresy, and the politics of freethinking, 1660-1760 / Sarah Ellenzweig. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2008. xii, 240 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-227 ) and index. Introduction : literary culture, the classical past, and the rise of Restoration freethinking -- Libertine precursors. Rochester, Blount, and the faith of unbelief -- Behn, Fontenelle, and the cheats of revealed religion -- Skepticism and piety. Swift's Tale of a tub and the anthropology of religion -- Suspending disbelief : Swift, credulity, and the pious fraud -- Conclusion : Pope's "Essay on man" and the afterlife of English freethinking. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. English literature 18th century History and criticism. English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. Free thought in literature. Christianity and literature England History 17th century. Christianity and literature England History 18th century. Free thought England History 17th century. Free thought England History 18th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10313976 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 164929 164929