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The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage : an Enlightenment problematic /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Tony C., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Primitivism in literature.
Enlightenment.
Aesthetics, European > 18th century.
Noble savage in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Primitive societies in literature.
Table of 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.