Against better judgment : irrational action and literary invention in the long eighteenth century /

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"This book traces how, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the problem of irrational action was eliminated from philosophical discourse yet flourished in literature, resulting in new literary innovations"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Manganaro, Thomas Salem, 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Series:Walker Cowen Memorial Prize.
Subjects:
1600-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Act (Philosophy) in literature.
Philosophy of mind in literature.
Philosophy, English > 17th century.
Philosophy, English > 18th century.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Action (Philosophie) dans la littérature.
Philosophie de l'esprit dans la littérature.
Philosophie anglaise > 17e siècle.
Philosophie anglaise > 18e siècle.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
Act (Philosophy) in literature
English literature
Philosophy, English
Philosophy of mind in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Akrasia and explanation in enlightenment philosophy
  • Some encounters with akrasia in eighteenth-century prose fiction: Defoe, Haywoood, Sterne
  • Akrasia and free indirect discourse in Romantic-era novels
  • Godwin and Austen
  • Akrasia, life writing, and interpretation: Johnson and Rousseau
  • Akrasia and the poety of antinomies: Wordsworth and Keats
  • Epilogue: the story of akrasia

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