The development of Byron's philosophy of knowledge : certain in uncertainty / Emily A. Bernhard Jack...
The development of Byron's philosophy of knowledge : certain in uncertainty / Emily A. Bernhard Jack...
The development of Byron's philosophy of knowledge : certain in uncertainty / Emily A. Bernhard Jackson.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N821.7/125
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English
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Physical content
xi, 229 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Philosophies, skepticism, and morals: a background in enlightenment -- Traveling on shaky ground: Childe Harold I and II and the beginning of Byronic knowing -- Worse than faithless: plenitude and the loss of knowledge in The Giaour -- Talking turkey: unmasking knowledge in the last of the Eastern t...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
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England
Date Published
2010.
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"Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centered skepticism - has extensive practical implication...
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The development of Byron's philosophy of knowledge : certain in uncertainty / Emily A. Bernhard Jackson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-225) and index.
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N821.7/125
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0230231519
9780230231511
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821.7
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991006547519702626
