Novel Minds: Philosophers and Romance Readers, 1680-1740

Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy. Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy.

• | Author: R. Tierney-Hynes
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2012
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781349350537
• | ISBN-10: 1349350532