The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage : an Enlightenment problematic /

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Tony C. Brown examines "the inescapable yet infinitely troubling figure of the not-quite-nothing" in Enlightenment attempts to think about the aesthetic and the savage. The various texts Brown considers-including the writings of Addison, Rousseau, Kant, and Defoe-turn to exotic figures in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, Tony C., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1700-1799
Literature, Modern > 18th century > History and criticism.
Primitivism in literature.
Enlightenment.
Aesthetics, European > 18th century.
Noble savage stereotype in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Primitive man stereotype in literature.
Littérature > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Primitivisme dans la littérature.
Siècle des Lumières.
Esthétique européenne > 18e siècle.
Stéréotype du noble sauvage dans la littérature.
Littérature et anthropologie.
Stéréotype de l'homme primitif dans la littérature.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Primitivism in literature
Primitive man stereotype in literature
Noble savage stereotype in literature
Literature, Modern
Literature and anthropology
Enlightenment
Aesthetics, European
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: An enlightenment problematic
  • The primitive
  • The aesthetic
  • The savage
  • Joseph Addison's China
  • Kant's tattooed New Zealanders
  • Adding history to a footprint in Robinson Crusoe
  • Indian mounds in the end-of-the-line mode
  • Conclusion: ... as if Europe existed.

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