The impossible observer : reason and the reader in 18th century prose /

Rationality, objectivity, symmetry: were these really principles urged and exemplified by eighteenth-century English prose? In this persuasive study, Robert W. Uphaus argues that, on the contrary, many of the most important works of the period do not actually lead the reader into a new awareness of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uphaus, Robert W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©1979.
Temas:
1700-1799
English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Great Britain.
Reader-response criticism.
Reason in literature.
Prose anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Grande-Bretagne.
Esthétique de la réception.
Raison dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Books and reading.
English prose literature.
Enlightenment.
Great Britain.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Rationality, objectivity, symmetry: were these really principles urged and exemplified by eighteenth-century English prose? In this persuasive study, Robert W. Uphaus argues that, on the contrary, many of the most important works of the period do not actually lead the reader into a new awareness of just how problematical, how unsusceptible to reason, both the world and our easy assumptions about it are. Uphaus discusses a broad range of writers -- Swift, Defoe, Mandeyville, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne, Johnson, and Godwin -- showing that beneath their variety lies a fundamentally similar chall.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (160 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813159652
0813159652

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