03046nam 2200673 a 450 991046324620332120211111172257.00-8166-8268-2(CKB)2670000000339921(EBL)1128330(OCoLC)830169376(SSID)ssj0000833939(PQKBManifestationID)12365696(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000833939(PQKBWorkID)10955116(PQKB)10602676(MiAaPQ)EBC1128330(MdBmJHUP)muse30007(Au-PeEL)EBL1128330(CaPaEBR)ebr10660876(EXLCZ)99267000000033992120120912d2012 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage[electronic resource] an Enlightenment problematic /Tony C. BrownMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20121 online resource (302 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-7562-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: An enlightenment problematic -- The primitive -- The aesthetic -- The savage -- Joseph Addison's China -- Kant's tattooed New Zealanders -- Adding history to a footprint in Robinson Crusoe -- Indian mounds in the end-of-the-line mode -- Conclusion: ... as if Europe existed.Tony C. Brown examines "the inescapable yet infinitely troubling figure of the not-quite-nothing" in Enlightenment attempts to think about the aesthetic and the savage. The various texts Brown considers-including the writings of Addison, Rousseau, Kant, and Defoe-turn to exotic figures in order to delimit the aesthetic, and to aesthetics in order to comprehend the savage.In his intriguing exploration Brown discovers that the primitive introduces into the aesthetic and the savage an element that proves necessary yet difficult to conceive. At its most profound, Brown explains, thiLiterature, Modern18th centuryHistory and criticismPrimitivism in literatureEnlightenmentAesthetics, European18th centuryNoble savage stereotype in literatureLiterature and anthropologyPrimitive societies in literatureElectronic books.Literature, ModernHistory and criticism.Primitivism in literature.Enlightenment.Aesthetics, EuropeanNoble savage stereotype in literature.Literature and anthropology.Primitive societies in literature.809/.9145Brown Tony C.1971-876561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463246203321The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage1957353UNINA