| Description |
1 online resource (237 pages) |
| Series |
Walker Cowen Memorial Prize |
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Walker Cowen Memorial Prize.
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| Contents |
Akrasia and explanation in enlightenment philosophy -- Some encounters with akrasia in eighteenth-century prose fiction: Defoe, Haywoood, Sterne -- Akrasia and free indirect discourse in Romantic-era novels -- Godwin and Austen -- Akrasia, life writing, and interpretation: Johnson and Rousseau -- Akrasia and the poety of antinomies: Wordsworth and Keats -- Epilogue: the story of akrasia |
| Summary |
"This book traces how, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the problem of irrational action was eliminated from philosophical discourse yet flourished in literature, resulting in new literary innovations"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism
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English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
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Act (Philosophy) in literature.
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Philosophy of mind in literature.
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Philosophy, English -- 17th century.
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Philosophy, English -- 18th century.
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HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
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Act (Philosophy) in literature.
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English literature.
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Philosophy, English.
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Philosophy of mind in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021043727 |
| ISBN |
9780813947310 |
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0813947316 |
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