Wordsworth and the Enlightenment Idea of Pleasure (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism)

Ancient questions about the causes and nature of pleasure were revived in the eighteenth century with a new consideration of its ethical and political significance. Rowan Boyson reminds us that philosophers of the Enlightenment, unlike modern thinkers, often represented pleasure as shared rather than selfish, and she focuses particularly on this approach to the philosophy and theory of pleasure. Through close reading of Enlightenment and Romantic texts, in particular the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, Boyson elaborates on this central theme. Covering a wide range of texts by philosophers, theorists and creative writers from over the centuries, she presents a strong defence of the Enlightenment ideal of pleasure, drawing out its rich political, as well as intellectual and aesthetic, implications.
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An aparitie	2015
Autor	Dr Rowan Boyson
Dimensiuni	15.2 x 1.4 x 22.9 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781107566415
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	256