An edition of Philosophers and romance readers, 1680-1740
(2012)
Philosophers and romance readers, 1680-1740
by Rebecca Tierney-Hynes
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"In this lively and original book, eighteenth-century philosophy is called to account for what it owes to the early novel. Through the figure of the romance reader, the author tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt the background of eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making their appearance in philosophy. Through discussions of Locke, Behn, Shaftesbury, Hume, and Richardson, this book traces the idea of romance as, in the process of engendering resistance, it comes nonetheless to define the empiricist mind as the reading mind. "--
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English Philosophy, History and criticism, Books and reading, Philosophy in literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, English Romances, LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, History, Locke, john, 1632-1704, Behn, aphra, 1640-1689, Shaftesbury, anthony ashley cooper, earl of, 1621-1683, Hume, david, 1711-1776, Richardson, samuel, 1689-1761, Philosophy, british, Books and reading, history, English literature, Identity (psychology), Criticism and interpretationPlaces
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Philosophers and romance readers, 1680-1740
2012, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
0230369375 9780230369375
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Acknowledgements Introduction: From Passions to Language: The Transformation of the ImaginationLocke: Metaphorical Romances Behn: Romance from the Stage to the Letter Shaftesbury: Conversation and the Psychology of Romance Hume: Reading Romances, Writing the Self Richardson: How to Read Romance NotesBibliographyIndex.
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