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Scepticism and Literature: An Essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson Parker, Fred (, Fellow of Clare College in the University of Cambridge.)
Scepticism and Literature: An Essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson
Parker, Fred (, Fellow of Clare College in the University of Cambridge.)
In this study of the role of scepticism in literature, Fred Parker offers an introduction to key issues in 18th-century literature and philosophy. He traces the presence of sceptical thinking in works by Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson, relating it more broadly to the social self-consciousness of 18th-century culture, and more.
302 pages, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 11, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199253180 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 302 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 233 × 23 mm · 471 g |
| Language | English |