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Author Miller, Cecilia

Title Enlightenment and Political Fiction : the Everyday Intellectual
Published Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (291 pages)
Series Routledge Studies in Cultural History
Routledge studies in cultural history.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Don Quixote (1605, 1615), Rationality, and Forms of Government; 2 Simplicissimus (1668, 1669), Religious Toleration, and Friendship; 3 Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735), Science, and Social Class; 4 Candide (1759), Sexuality, and the Modern Individual; 5 The Betrothed (1825-1827, 1840-1842), Revolution, and the Perfectibility of the Human Mind; Conclusion; Name Index
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Subject Fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Politics and literature -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Politics and literature -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Literature and society -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Literature and society -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Reason in literature.
Emotions in literature.
Enlightenment -- Europe
Emotions in literature
Enlightenment
Fiction
Literature and society
Politics and literature
Reason in literature
Europe
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317357018
1317357019