Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment

Alexander Cook; Edward (Ned) Curthoys; Shino Konishi

doi:10.4324/9781315654805

Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment

Alexander Cook (Editor), Edward (Ned) Curthoys (Editor), Shino Konishi (Editor)

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The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of ‘humanity’ through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine and Orientalist fiction, the philosophy of conversation and musicology.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
Number of pages	237
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317320173, 9781781440155, 9781315654805
ISBN (Print)	9781848933736
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315654805
Publication status	Published - 2013

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Name	The Enlightenment World
Publisher	Routledge
No.	28

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