[PDF] Rousseau In England eBook

Author : Edward Duffy
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 22,30 MB
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520338987

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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.

Author : Robert Wokler
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 2001-08-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0191604429

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One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works Robert Wokler shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction, educational and religious writings, and even his botany, were all inspired by visionary ideals of mankind's self-realization in a condition of unfettered freedom. He explains how, in regressing to classical republicanism, ancient mythology, direct communion with God, and solitude, Rousseau anticipated some post-modernist rejections of the Enlightenment as well. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Russell Goulbourne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 22,43 MB
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 147425067X

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Bringing together leading scholars from the USA, UK and Europe, this is the first substantial study of the seminal influence of Jean-Jacques Rousseau on British Romanticism. Reconsidering Rousseau's connection to canonical Romantic authors such as Wordsworth, Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and British Romanticism also explores his impact on a wide range of literature, including anti-Jacobin fiction, educational works, familiar essays, nature writing and political discourse. Convincingly demonstrating that the relationship between Rousseau's thought and British Romanticism goes beyond mere reception or influence to encompass complex forms of connection, transmission and appropriation, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and British Romanticism is a vital new contribution to scholarly understanding of British Romantic literature and its transnational contexts.

Author : John Churton Collins
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
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ISBN : 9781022504103

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John Churton Collins' 'Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau in England' offers a fascinating look at the influence of these great French philosophers on British intellectual life and culture. Examining their ideas, arguments, and legacies in depth, Collins provides valuable insight into the intellectual and cultural cross-pollination that characterized the Enlightenment era. A must-read for students of philosophy, history, and intellectual history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.