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Boyson, Rowan

 
9781107566415: Wordsworth and the Enlightenment Idea of Pleasure
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ISBN 10 : 110756641X ISBN 13 : 9781107566415
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2015

Synopsis

Ancient questions about the causes and nature of pleasure were revived in the eighteenth century with a new consideration of its ethical and political significance. Rowan Boyson reminds us that philosophers of the Enlightenment, unlike modern thinkers, often represented pleasure as shared rather than selfish, and she focuses particularly on this approach to the philosophy and theory of pleasure. Through close reading of Enlightenment and Romantic texts, in particular the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, Boyson elaborates on this central theme. Covering a wide range of texts by philosophers, theorists and creative writers from over the centuries, she presents a strong defence of the Enlightenment ideal of pleasure, drawing out its rich political, as well as intellectual and aesthetic, implications.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rowan Boyson is a Research Fellow at King's College, Cambridge. She has published review-essays in New Formations and Literature Compass and is a member of the British Association of Romantic Studies.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
110756641X
ISBN 13 
9781107566415
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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