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Novel Minds: Philosophers and Romance Readers, 1680-1740 2012th Edition
Author(s): R. Tierney-Hynes (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 24 July 2012
- Edition: 2012th
- Language: English
- Print length: 231 pages
- ISBN-10: 0230369375
- ISBN-13: 9780230369375
Book Description
Eighteenth-century philosophy owes much to the early novel. Using the figure of the romance reader this book tells a new story of eighteenth-century reading. The impressionable mind and mutable identity of the romance reader haunt eighteenth-century definitions of the self, and the seductions of fiction insist on making an appearance in philosophy.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘Novel Minds delivers a nuanced understanding of the instabilities and uncertainties of the consciousness shaped by reading imagined in eighteenth-century philosophy and narrative prose. In a lively and engaging style, Tierney-Hynes brings the writings of significant writers into interesting conversation with each other.’ – Ros Ballaster, Professor of 18th Century Studies, University of Oxford, UK
About the Author
REBECCA TIERNEY-HYNES is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Waterloo, Canada. She has published essays in Eighteenth-Century Studies, SEL, and The Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation.
