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Titolo: | Rewriting the self : histories from the Renaissance to the present / / edited by Roy Porter |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
Disciplina: | 126/.09 |
Soggetto topico: | Self (Philosophy) - History |
Self (Philosophy) in literature | |
Identity (Psychology) - History | |
Altri autori: | PorterRoy <1946-2002.> |
Note generali: | Based on a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Eng., spring 1995. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 | |
Sommario/riassunto: | A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the Western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed contributors analyse differing models of personal identity from a variety of perspectives. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Rewriting the self |
ISBN: | 1-134-76492-8 |
1-134-76493-6 | |
1-280-31980-1 | |
0-203-43915-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910822314003321 |
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