Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain : The Pursuit of Complete Knowledge / / by Seth Rudy
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| Autore: |
Rudy Seth
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| Titolo: |
Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain : The Pursuit of Complete Knowledge / / by Seth Rudy
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (262 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 820.9/005 |
| Soggetto topico: | Literature - Philosophy |
| Culture - Study and teaching | |
| European literature | |
| European literature - Renaissance, 1450-1600 | |
| Fiction | |
| Literary Theory | |
| Cultural Theory | |
| European Literature | |
| Early Modern and Renaissance Literature | |
| Fiction Literature | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: Concepts of Completeness; 2 Complete Bodies, Whole Arts, and the Limits of Epic; 3 Worlds Apart: Epic and Encyclopedia in the Augustan Age; 4 Mid-Century Experiments in Encyclopedism; 5 Collapse and Reconstitution: Epic and Encyclopedia Revisited; Coda: The Angel and the Algorithm; Appendix; Table 1.1 English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) title searches; Table 1.2.A The Complete "X": 1600-1699; Table 1.2.B "Whole Arts": 1556-1699; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain tells the story of long-term aspirations to comprehend, record, and disseminate complete knowledge of the world. It draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary works from the early modern era and British Enlightenment. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain |
| ISBN: | 9781349489282 |
| 134948928X | |
| 9781137411549 | |
| 1137411546 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910966957703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print, . 2634-6524