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The poetic Enlightenment : poetry and human science, 1650-1820

By Jones , Rowan , Tom; Boyson

Book information

Publisher
Routledge;Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Year
2013
ISBN
1848934041, 9781848934047, 9781781440360, 1781440360
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
526 kB (538301 bytes)
Series
Enlightenment world
Pages
206\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Literature and science -- Great Britain -- HistoryModern -- 18th century -- History and criticism. P

Description

The essays in this edited collection look at the role of poetry in the development of Enlightenment ideas. As scholarly disciplines began to emerge – anthropology, linguistics, psychology – the ancient art of poetry was invoked to create new ways of defining and expanding this philosophy of human science

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