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Idleness, contemplation and the aesthetic, 1750-1830 /

"Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting the Britis...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Adelman, Richard, 1982-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Collection:Cambridge studies in Romanticism.
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