Title Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy / William Walker

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 227 pages) Series Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22 Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22. Summary William Walker's original analysis of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding offers a challenging and provocative assessment of Locke's importance as a thinker, bridging the gap between philosophical and literary-critical discussion of his work. He presents Locke as a foundational figure who defines the epistemological and ontological ground on which eighteenth-century and Romantic literature operate and eventually diverge. He is revealed as a crucial figure for emerging modernity, less the familiar empiricist innovator and more the proto-Nietzschean thinker whose text fosters hitherto unsuspected instabilities and promotes a new kind of rhetorical force to counterbalance them. Walker's reading of Locke is at once finely attentive to the text and engagingly resourceful in placing the Essay in its broadest philosophical and historical context Analysis Philosophy Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Locke, John, 1632-1704. Essay concerning human understanding. SUBJECT Locke, John (1632-1704). An essay concerning human understanding. ram Locke, John, (1632-1704) -- Critique et interprétation. ram Locke, John. swd Essay concerning human understanding (Locke, John) fast Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc Criticism -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Philosophy, English -- 18th century. Criticism English literature -- Theory, etc. Philosophy, English Literatuurkritiek. Filosofie. Philosophie -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e siècle. Critique -- Grande-Bretagne -- 18e siècle. Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique. Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book LC no. 93033621 ISBN 0511519125 9780511519123 0521451051 9780521451055

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