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UNINA9910779952503321 |
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Titolo |
Rewriting the self : histories from the Renaissance to the present / / edited by Roy Porter |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-76492-8 |
1-134-76493-6 |
1-280-31980-1 |
0-203-43915-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Self (Philosophy) - History |
Self (Philosophy) in literature |
Identity (Psychology) - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Based on a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Eng., spring 1995. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELF FROM PETRARCH TO DESCARTES; SELF AND SELFHOOD IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SELF-REFLECTION AND THE SELF; RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY ENLIGHTENMENT SELF; THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE HISTORY OF THE SELF; THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 'ANOTHER SELF IN THE CASE': GENDER, MARRIAGE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN AUGUSTAN LITERATURE; FEELINGS AND NOVELS; ROMANTIC TRAVEL |
'AS A RULE, I DOES NOT MEAN I': PERSONAL IDENTITY AND THE VICTORIAN WOMAN POETMAPPING THE SELF: GENDER, SPACE AND MODERNITY IN MID-VICTORIAN LONDON; STORIES OF THE EYE; THE MODERN AUDITORY I; ASSEMBLING THE MODERN SELF; DEATH AND THE SELF; SELF-UNDOING SUBJECTS; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the Western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed |
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