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
Autor principal: Brown, Tony C., 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Aesthetics, European.
Enlightenment.
Literature and anthropology.
Literature, Modern.
Noble savage stereotype in literature.
Primitive societies in literature.
Primitivism in literature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
Homme primitif dans la litterature.
Litterature et anthropologie.
Bon sauvage dans la litterature.
Esthetique europeenne > 18e siecle.
Siecle des Lumieres.
Primitivisme dans la litterature.
Litterature > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Primitive man stereotype in literature.
Aesthetics, European > 18th century.
Literature, Modern > 18th century > History and criticism.
Critiques litteraires.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 order to delimit the aesthetic, and to aesthetics in order to comprehend the savage. In his intriguing exploration Brown discovers that the primitive introduces into the aesthetic and the savage an element that proves necessary yet difficult to conceive. At its most profound, Brown explains, thi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780816682683

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