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Author Brown, Tony C., 1971-

Title The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage : an Enlightenment problematic / Tony C. Brown
Published Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description xxi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents Introduction: An enlightenment problematic -- The primitive -- The aesthetic -- The savage -- Joseph Addison's China -- Kant's tattooed New Zealanders -- Adding history to a footprint in Robinson Crusoe -- Indian mounds in the end-of-the-line mode -- Conclusion: ... as if Europe existed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Literature, Modern -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Primitivism in literature.
Enlightenment.
Aesthetics, European -- 18th century.
Noble savage in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Primitive societies in literature.
LC no. 2012034547
ISBN 9780816675623 (hc : acid-free paper)
0816675627 (hc : acid-free paper)
9780816675630 (pb : acid-free paper)
0816675635 (pb : acid-free paper)