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The testimony of sense : empiricism and the essay from Hume to Hazlitt /

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This book offers a new account of the relationship between empiricism and the essay in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Exploring topics such as trust, testimony, virtue, and language, it offers new perspectives on connections between philosophy and literature, empiricism and tran...

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Main Author: Milnes, Tim (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Empiricism > History.
English essays > 18th century > History and criticism.
English essays > 19th century > History and criticism.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Empirisme > Histoire.
Théorie de la connaissance dans la littérature.
Modern.
HISTORY.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
18th Century.
History & Surveys.
PHILOSOPHY.
Empiricism
English essays
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature
1700-1899
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book offers a new account of the relationship between empiricism and the essay in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Exploring topics such as trust, testimony, virtue, and language, it offers new perspectives on connections between philosophy and literature, empiricism and transcendentalism, and Enlightenment and Romanticism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 278 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191850523
0191850527
9780192540904
0192540904