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The Development of Byron's Philosophy of Knowledge. Certain in Uncertainty.
Emily A. Bernhard Jackson
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Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSC; HPK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 315.
Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centred scepticism - has extensive practical implications.
Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centred scepticism - has extensive practical implications.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
229
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349311965
SKU
V9781349311965
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About Emily A. Bernhard Jackson
EMILY A. BERNHARD JACKSON is Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century British Literature at the University of Arkansas, USA, and a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, Cambridge, UK. She has written essays on Byron and on Edmund Spenser, as well as the introduction for the Broadview Anthology of British Literature: The Age of Romanticism.
Reviews for The Development of Byron's Philosophy of Knowledge. Certain in Uncertainty.
'As a record of philosophical work done in the course of Byron's poetic career Bernhard Jackson's book succeeds in reaffirming the exuberance of the poet's misgivings.' - TLS 'Bernard Jackson provides a new approach to understanding Bryon's philosophical development - one that is sympathetic to the poet's oft-maligned intellectual powers...contributes to larger conversations about the function of ... Read more