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Maxims and the Mind: Unknowing in the Early Novel from Bacon to Austen

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kelly SwartzPublish date:10/21/2025Pages:198
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813954127ISBN-10:813954126UPC:9780813954127Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Novel as Form, MovementsBook Topic:18th Century, EmpiricismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCRKAPMPNX

Maxims and the Mind: Unknowing in the Early Novel from Bacon to Austen

Correcting the misunderstood role of maxims at the intersection of early science and literature

Eighteenth-century novels are full of maxims--pithy statements of received wisdom such as "necessity is the mother of invention" or "neither a borrower nor a lender be." Maxims are ancient rhetorical forms, celebrated by no less an influential figure than Aristotle as powerful tools of persuasion....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813954127ISBN-10:813954126UPC:9780813954127Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Novel as Form, MovementsBook Topic:18th Century, EmpiricismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:0.9612Product ID:SCRKAPMPNX
Kelly Swartz is Associate Professor of English at Adelphi University.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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