The Progressive Poetics of Confusion in the French Enlightenment.

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Drawing largely on the etymological meaning of the word 'confusion' as the action of mixing or blending, John C. O'Neal traces the development of a progressive poetics of confusion in the French Enlightenment. This project, he claims, aimed to reject dogmatic thinking in all of its fo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Neal, John C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : University of Delaware, 2011.
Temas:
1700-1799
Enlightenment > France.
Philosophy, French > 18th century.
French literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Ambiguity.
Siècle des Lumières > France.
Philosophie française > 18e siècle.
Littérature française > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Complexité (Philosophie)
Ambiguïté.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > French.
Ambiguity
Enlightenment
French literature
Intellectual life
Philosophy, French
France > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
France
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing largely on the etymological meaning of the word 'confusion' as the action of mixing or blending, John C. O'Neal traces the development of a progressive poetics of confusion in the French Enlightenment. This project, he claims, aimed to reject dogmatic thinking in all of its forms and to recognize the need to embrace complexity. Eighteenth-century thinkers used the notion of confusion in a progressive way to reorganize social classes, literary forms, metaphysical substances, scientific methods, and cultural categories such as taste and gender.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (241 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-226) and index.
ISBN:9781611490251
1611490251

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