Title Isolated cases : the anxieties of autonomy in enlightenment philosophy and romantic literature / Nancy Yousef

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) Contents Locke's loneliness -- Rousseau's autonomous beast: natural man as imaginary animal -- Natural man in the wild: The feral child as philosophical subject -- "Unfathered vapour": The imagination of origins in The prelude -- Fantastic form: Frankenstein and philosophy -- Mill alone Summary "In her interdisciplinary book, Nancy Yousef addresses the emergence of autonomy, demonstrating that the ideal was beset from its beginnings by profound concerns over the possibilities and grounds of human relations and interdependence. Isolated Cases draws attention to the strain of intersubjective anxieties and longings hidden within representations of the individual as self-sufficient and self-defining. Among the writers and thinkers Yousef treats at length are John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Shelley, and William Wordsworth."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-244) and index Notes Print version record Subject Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Appreciation -- Great Britain Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Influence Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Influence Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Appreciation -- Great Britain Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Romanticism -- Great Britain English literature -- French influences. Autonomy (Psychology) in literature. Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century. Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century. Philosophy in literature. Isolation (Philosophy) Anxiety in literature. Autonomy (Philosophy) Enlightenment. Philosophy, Modern. Enlightenment (18th-century western movement) LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Anxiety in literature Art appreciation Autonomy (Philosophy) Autonomy (Psychology) in literature English literature English literature -- French influences Enlightenment Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual life Isolation (Philosophy) Philosophy in literature Philosophy, Modern Romanticism Autonomie (algemeen) Letterkunde. Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781501711381 1501711385

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