Novel Minds Philosophers and Romance Readers, 1680-1740 |
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Author:
| Tierney-Hynes, Rebecca |
Series title: | Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-230-36937-5 |
Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan Limited
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Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $109.99 |
Book Description:
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Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy.
Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy.