Novel minds: philosophers and romance readers, 1680-1740
Auteur :
Tierney-Hynes, R.
Éditeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN :
9781349350537
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2012
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.