Michael Meehan

Liberty and Poetics in Eighteenth Century England (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The qualities and achievements of eighteenth century English literature have suffered denigration as a result of a prevailing Whig interpretation of literary history. It is the contention of this book, originally published in 1986, that an alternative form of Whig interpretation is possible and even desirable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000031072
• Artikelnr.: 58489648

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Part 1: Freedom's Ample Fabric (a) The Arts and Liberty (b)
Freedom and the National Character Part 2: The Early Decades (a) The Third
Earl of Shaftesbury (b) Thomas Blackwell (c) Mark Akenside (d) Augustan,
Grecian, Gothic Part 3: David Hume - Turning Points. Part 4: The 1760s and
Beyond (a) Brown and Sheridan (b) Adam Ferguson (c) Dr Johnson Part 5:
William Wordsworth. Conclusion. Notes. Index.