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Peripheral Wonders
Margaret R. Ewalt
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Description for Peripheral Wonders
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
This book expands traditional conceptions of the Enlightenment by examining the roles of wonder and Jesuit missionary conceptions of the Enlightenment by examining the century in a production of knowledge that serves both intellectual and religious functions. Ewalt analyzes a variety of classical and sacred rhetorical techniques for vivid persuasion that illuminate the simultaneously spiritual and scientific discourse employed by Joseph Gumilla in El Orinoco ilustrado (1741, 45), a text that concretizes an eclectic, Catholic Enlightenment that unites sentiment and reason, allows for emotion within scientific inquiry, and employs the strategy of wonder to accumulate, enumerate, and disseminate knowledge. Ewalt's ... Read more
This book expands traditional conceptions of the Enlightenment by examining the roles of wonder and Jesuit missionary conceptions of the Enlightenment by examining the century in a production of knowledge that serves both intellectual and religious functions. Ewalt analyzes a variety of classical and sacred rhetorical techniques for vivid persuasion that illuminate the simultaneously spiritual and scientific discourse employed by Joseph Gumilla in El Orinoco ilustrado (1741, 45), a text that concretizes an eclectic, Catholic Enlightenment that unites sentiment and reason, allows for emotion within scientific inquiry, and employs the strategy of wonder to accumulate, enumerate, and disseminate knowledge. Ewalt's ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611482904
SKU
V9781611482904
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About Margaret R. Ewalt
Margaret R. Ewalt is associate professor of Spanish at Wake Forest University.
Reviews for Peripheral Wonders
'Peripheral Wonders is an acutely observed and carefully argued book that combines close textual analysis with a broader historical perspective . . . . Ewalt's reappraisal of Gumilla's work complements a growing body of scholarship that challenges traditional understandings of Enlightenment. It makes a persuasive case for reconsidering the role of the Jesuits in this movement and it contributes to ... Read more