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Poetry against torture : criticism, history, and the human /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bové, Paul A., 1949-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Liberalism.
Humanism.
Social control.
Social evolution.
Torture > Moral and ethical aspects.
Poetry.
Poetry > Social aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Vico and philological criticism
  • Philology and poetry, the case against Descartes
  • Erich Auerbach and invention of man
  • John Stuart Mill, On liberty and criticism
  • John Stuart Mill and the limits of self-making
  • Michel Foucault and the critical care of the self
  • William Empson and the mind: poetry, torture, and civilization.