Isbn: 9781107566415 - wordsworth and the enlightenment idea of pleasure (cambridge handbooks for language teachers, 95, band 95) (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fine.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. The surprising idea of pleasure as communal provides a new way of understanding Wordsworth's poetry and the Enlightenment's critical legacy. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 35. . 2015. Reprint. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.…