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Romantic Empiricism
Gavin . Ed(S): Budge
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Description for Romantic Empiricism
Hardback. Editor(s): Budge, Gavin. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Romantic Empiricism is a timely collection of essays by established and emerging scholars, which represents a paradigm shift for the study of British Romanticism. The volume challenges the received view that German Idealist philosophy constitutes the main intellectual reference point for British Romantic writers, arguing instead that the tradition of Scottish Common Sense philosophy, largely overlooked by literary scholars, is a significant influence on Romantic thought. The essays in the collection examine a variety of canonical and non-canonical Romantic authors in the light of this fresh interpretative context, ranging from Charlotte Smith and Elizabeth Hamilton to Robert Burns and S.T. ... Read more
Romantic Empiricism is a timely collection of essays by established and emerging scholars, which represents a paradigm shift for the study of British Romanticism. The volume challenges the received view that German Idealist philosophy constitutes the main intellectual reference point for British Romantic writers, arguing instead that the tradition of Scottish Common Sense philosophy, largely overlooked by literary scholars, is a significant influence on Romantic thought. The essays in the collection examine a variety of canonical and non-canonical Romantic authors in the light of this fresh interpretative context, ranging from Charlotte Smith and Elizabeth Hamilton to Robert Burns and S.T. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611483079
SKU
V9781611483079
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99-15
About Gavin . Ed(S): Budge
Gavin Budge is a senior lecturer in English literature at the University of Hertfordshire and the executive secretary of the British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
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