Romantic Empiricism
Poetics and the Philosophy of Common Sense 1780-1830
Gavin Budge(Editor)
Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Published on 1. November 2007
Book
Hardback
202 pages
978-1-61148-307-9 (ISBN)
Description
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. Coleridge. The volume is prefaced by a substantial theoretical introduction, which sets out the historical and interpretative case for the relevance of Common Sense philosophy for the study of British Romanticism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cranbury
United States
Publishing group
Associated University Presses
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61148-307-9 (9781611483079)
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Persons
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.