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Author Brown, Tony C., 1971-

Title The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage [electronic resource] : an Enlightenment problematic / Tony C. Brown.

Imprint Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xxi, 278 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Primitivism in literature.
Enlightenment.
Aesthetics, European -- 18th century.
Noble savage in literature.
Literature and anthropology.
Primitive societies in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780816675623 (hc : acid-free paper)
9780816675630 (pb : acid-free paper)
9780816682683 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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