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The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon [[electronic resource]]
| The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Gordon Scott Paul <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Passivity (Psychology) in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century Ethics in literature Self in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-12505-7
0-511-04212-4 1-280-15955-3 0-511-12007-9 0-511-15703-7 0-511-32949-0 0-511-48425-9 0-511-04495-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. "Spring and motive of our actions": disinterest and self-interest -- "Acted by another": agency and action in early modern England -- "The belief of the people": Thomas Hobbes and the battle over the heroic -- "For want of some heedfull eye": Mr. Spectator and the power of spectacle -- "For its own sake": virtue and agency in early eighteenth-century England -- "Not perform'd at all": managing Garrick's body in eighteenth-century England -- "I wrote my heart": Richardson's Clarissa and the tactics of sentiment -- Epilogue: "A sign of so noble a passion": the politics of disinterested selves. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450284003321 |
Gordon Scott Paul <1965->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon [[electronic resource]]
| The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Gordon Scott Paul <1965-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Passivity (Psychology) in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century Ethics in literature Self in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-12505-7
0-511-04212-4 1-280-15955-3 0-511-12007-9 0-511-15703-7 0-511-32949-0 0-511-48425-9 0-511-04495-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. "Spring and motive of our actions": disinterest and self-interest -- "Acted by another": agency and action in early modern England -- "The belief of the people": Thomas Hobbes and the battle over the heroic -- "For want of some heedfull eye": Mr. Spectator and the power of spectacle -- "For its own sake": virtue and agency in early eighteenth-century England -- "Not perform'd at all": managing Garrick's body in eighteenth-century England -- "I wrote my heart": Richardson's Clarissa and the tactics of sentiment -- Epilogue: "A sign of so noble a passion": the politics of disinterested selves. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783003403321 |
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Gordon Scott Paul <1965->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon
| The power of the passive self in English literature, 1640-1770 / / Scott Paul Gordon |
| Autore | Gordon Scott Paul <1965-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina | 820.9/353 |
| Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Passivity (Psychology) in literature English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 18th century Christianity and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century Ethics in literature Self in literature |
| ISBN |
1-107-12505-7
0-511-04212-4 1-280-15955-3 0-511-12007-9 0-511-15703-7 0-511-32949-0 0-511-48425-9 0-511-04495-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction. "Spring and motive of our actions": disinterest and self-interest -- "Acted by another": agency and action in early modern England -- "The belief of the people": Thomas Hobbes and the battle over the heroic -- "For want of some heedfull eye": Mr. Spectator and the power of spectacle -- "For its own sake": virtue and agency in early eighteenth-century England -- "Not perform'd at all": managing Garrick's body in eighteenth-century England -- "I wrote my heart": Richardson's Clarissa and the tactics of sentiment -- Epilogue: "A sign of so noble a passion": the politics of disinterested selves. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956319503321 |
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Gordon Scott Paul <1965->
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| Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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