Fiction and the philosophy of happiness: ethical inquiries in the age of enlightenment
Auteur :
Norton, Brian Michael
Éditeur :
Associated University Presses
ISBN :
9781611485899
Date de publication :
10 juin 2014
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,4 x 1,3 cm
Poids :
259 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book examines the eighteenth-century novel in the context of emerging theories of happiness in early Enlightenment Europe. This important and richly interdisciplinary book offers both a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed, as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment’s ethical legacy.