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Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy
- Title
- Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy / William Walker.
- Author
- Walker, William, 1958-
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Supplementary Content
- Publisher description
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- Description
- xviii, 227 pages; 24 cm.
- Summary
- William Walker's original analysis of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding offers a challenging and provocative assessment of Locke's importance as a thinker, bridging the gap between philosophical and literary-critical discussion of his work. He presents Locke as a foundational figure who defines the epistemological and ontological ground on which eighteenth-century and Romantic literature operate and eventually diverge. He is revealed as a crucial figure for emerging modernity, less the familiar empiricist innovator and more the proto-Nietzschean thinker whose text fosters hitherto unsuspected instabilities and promotes a new kind of rhetorical force to counterbalance them. Walker's reading of Locke is at once finely attentive to the text and engagingly resourceful in placing the Essay in its broadest philosophical and historical context.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22.
- Subjects
- Criticism
- Philosophy, English
- Philosophy
- Essay concerning human understanding (Locke, John)
- Philosophy, English > 18th century
- Locke, John (1632-1704) > An essay concerning human understanding
- Locke, John, 1632-1704 > An essay concerning human understanding
- History
- Locke, John, (1632-1704) > Critique et interprétation
- Hochschulschrift
- Politische Philosophie
- Philosophie > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- Criticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- English literature > Theory, etc
- Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique
- Locke, John, 1632-1704 > Essay concerning human understanding
- 1700-1799
- Critique > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- English literature > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc
- Locke, John
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Hochschulschrift.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.
- Language (note)
- English.
- Contents
- 1. Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy -- 2. Substance, space, labor, and property -- 3. Acquaintance -- 4. Seeing and touching -- 5. Force -- 6. De Man on Locke -- 7. Locke and Nietzsche -- 8. Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy.
- Call Number
- JFE 95-3137
- ISBN
- 0521451051
- 9780521451055
- LCCN
- 93033621
- OCLC
- 28966668
- Author
- Walker, William, 1958-
- Title
- Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy / William Walker.
- Imprint
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.
- Language
- English.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1799
- Indexed Term
- Philosophy
- Other Form:
- Print version 9780521451055
- Research Call Number
- JFE 95-3137