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Common sense in early 18th-century British literature and culture : ethics, aesthetics, and politics, 1680-1750 /
In a time of political, epistemic and aesthetic revolutions, early 18th-century Britain saw the emergence of a public discourse of 'common sense' which had a lasting influence on clichéd concepts of cultural identity. By retracing the compensatory impulses of common sense discourse and hi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Berlin [Germany] ; Boston [Massachusetts] :
De Gruyter,
2014.
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| Colección: | Buchreihe der Anglia ;
Volume 46. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a time of political, epistemic and aesthetic revolutions, early 18th-century Britain saw the emergence of a public discourse of 'common sense' which had a lasting influence on clichéd concepts of cultural identity. By retracing the compensatory impulses of common sense discourse and highlighting the role of literary texts in its formation and dissemination, this study challenges the received view of Augustan England as a mere Age of Reason. |
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| Notas: | Electronic version available. Restrictions on access to electronic version: access available to SOAS staff and students only, using SOAS id and password. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (325 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110343403 3110343401 |
| ISSN: | 0340-5435 ; 0340-5435 |