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The truth about Romanticism : pragmatism and idealism in Keats, Shelley, Coleridge /
"How have our conceptions of truth been shaped by romantic literature? This question lies at the heart of this examination of the concept of truth both in romantic writing and in modern criticism. The romantic idea of truth has long been depicted as aesthetic, imaginative, and ideal. Tim Milnes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Romanticism ;
83. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "How have our conceptions of truth been shaped by romantic literature? This question lies at the heart of this examination of the concept of truth both in romantic writing and in modern criticism. The romantic idea of truth has long been depicted as aesthetic, imaginative, and ideal. Tim Milnes challenges this picture, demonstrating a pragmatic strain in the writing of Keats, Shelley and Coleridge in particular, that bears a close resemblance to the theories of modern pragmatist thinkers such as Donald Davidson and Jürgen Habermas. Romantic pragmatism, Milnes argues, was in turn influenced by recent developments within linguistic empiricism. This book will be of interest to readers of romantic literature, but also to philosophers, literary theorists, and intellectual historians"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 253 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511729317 0511729316 9780511726019 0511726015 9780511730153 0511730152 9781107643901 1107643902 9780511724602 0511724608 1107205417 9781107205413 0511850026 9780511850028 1282619845 9781282619845 9786612619847 6612619848 0511728360 9780511728365 0511727410 9780511727412 |