Before imagination : embodied thought from Montaigne to Rousseau /
"This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, and particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) th...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Stanford, Cal. :
Stanford University Press,
2005.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "This book seeks to understand what imagination meant in early modern Europe, and particularly in early modern France, before the Romantic era gave the term its modern meaning. The author explores the themes surrounding early modern notions of imagination (including hostility to imagination) through the writings of such figures as Descartes, Montaigne, Francois de Sales, Pascal, the Marquise de Sevigne, Madame de Lafayette, and Fenelon."--Jacket. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 282 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-278) and index. |
ISBN: | 1423749499 9781423749493 9780804751100 0804751102 |