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Description

1. xviii, 227 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

1. William Walker's original analysis of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding offers a challenging and provocative assessment of Locke's importance as a thinker, bridging the gap between philosophical and literary-critical discussion of his work. He presents Locke as a foundational figure who defines the epistemological and ontological ground on which eighteenth-century and Romantic literature operate and eventually diverge. He is revealed as a crucial figure for emerging modernity, less the familiar empiricist innovator and more the proto-Nietzschean thinker whose text fosters hitherto unsuspected instabilities and promotes a new kind of rhetorical force to counterbalance them. Walker's reading of Locke is at once finely attentive to the text and engagingly resourceful in placing the Essay in its broadest philosophical and historical context.

Series statement

1. Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22

Uniform title

1. Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22.

Subject

1. Criticism
2. Philosophy, English
3. Philosophy
4. Essay concerning human understanding (Locke, John)
5. Philosophy, English > 18th century
6. Locke, John (1632-1704) > An essay concerning human understanding
7. Locke, John, 1632-1704 > An essay concerning human understanding
8. History
9. Locke, John, (1632-1704) > Critique et interprétation
10. Hochschulschrift
11. Politische Philosophie
12. Philosophie > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
13. Criticism > Great Britain > History > 18th century
14. English literature > Theory, etc
15. Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique
16. Locke, John, 1632-1704 > Essay concerning human understanding
17. 1700-1799
18. Critique > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
19. English literature > 18th century > History and criticism > Theory, etc
20. Locke, John
21. Criticism, interpretation, etc
22. Great Britain

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
2. History.
3. Hochschulschrift.

Contents

1. 1. Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy -- 2. Substance, space, labor, and property -- 3. Acquaintance -- 4. Seeing and touching -- 5. Force -- 6. De Man on Locke -- 7. Locke and Nietzsche -- 8. Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy.

Call number

1. JFE 95-3137

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.

Language (note)

1. English.

Author

1. Walker, William, 1958-

Title

1. Locke, literary criticism, and philosophy / William Walker.

Imprint

1. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22
2. Cambridge studies in eighteenth-century English literature and thought ; 22.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-224) and index.

Language

1. English.

Connect to:

1. ACLS Humanities E-Book
2. Table of contents
3. Table of contents
4. Publisher description

Chronological term

1. 1700-1799

Indexed term

1. Philosophy

Other form:

1. Print version 9780521451055

LCCN

1. 93033621

ISBN

1. 0521451051 (hardback)
2. 9780521451055 (hardback)

Research call number

1. JFE 95-3137