Maxims and the Mind: Unknowing in the Early Novel from Bacon to Austen - Paperback
by Kelly Swartz
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Virginia PressISBN-13:9780813954134ISBN-10:813954134UPC:9780813954134Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Novel as Form, MovementsBook Topic:18th Century, EmpiricismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCZ3EY860K
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-13:9780813954134ISBN-10:813954134UPC:9780813954134Book Category:Literary Criticism, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Modern, Novel as Form, MovementsBook Topic:18th Century, EmpiricismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCZ3EY860K
Kelly Swartz is Associate Professor of English at Adelphi University.
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