Samuel Johnson's "general Nature": Tradition and Transition in Eighteenth-century DiscourseUniversity of Delaware Press, 1999 - 168 páginas This study illuminates the importance and meaning of the term author in eighteenth-century discourse from the perspective of its prominent usage by Samuel Johnson. It explains Johnson's employment of nature in his periodical essays, his qualified endorsement of the new science, and his commendation of Shakespeare's drama and other literary works on the basis of their just representation of general nature. |
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... representation and evocation require the sort of inven- tion that transcends mundane description . For Johnson ... representation of reality with his assertion of the importance of imaginative literary fictions . Any examination of ...
... representation and evocation require the sort of inven- tion that transcends mundane description . For Johnson ... representation of reality with his assertion of the importance of imaginative literary fictions . Any examination of ...
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... representation and theirs.17 Johnson's position is founded on the proposition that " imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are mistaken for realities , but be- cause they bring realities to mind " ( 78 ) . The critics ...
... representation and theirs.17 Johnson's position is founded on the proposition that " imitations produce pain or pleasure , not because they are mistaken for realities , but be- cause they bring realities to mind " ( 78 ) . The critics ...
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... Representation of Reality in Western Literature , trans . Willard R. Trask ( Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1953 ) , 333–58 . 3. Cf. Ars poetica 361 ff . 4. The phrase “ general nature " is not common in eighteenth - century ...
... Representation of Reality in Western Literature , trans . Willard R. Trask ( Princeton : Princeton University Press , 1953 ) , 333–58 . 3. Cf. Ars poetica 361 ff . 4. The phrase “ general nature " is not common in eighteenth - century ...
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Acknowledgments | 9 |
Classical Nature | 21 |
Medieval Nature | 36 |
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Samuel Johnson's "general Nature": Tradition and Transition in Eighteenth ... Scott D. Evans Vista previa limitada - 1999 |
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Alan of Lille Aquinas Aristotelian Aristotle assertion Boerhaave Boerhaave's Boyle Boyle's C. S. Lewis Callicles century Christian cited parenthetically Clarendon Press conception of nature consists constitutes context creation Cudworth defined definition deism Descartes divine edition eighteenth eighteenth-century nature emphasized empiricism endorsement Epicurus epistemological Essay evil exemplified existence explanation fiction further citations further quotations genius Hume Hume's ideas Idler images imagination implicit implies important inherent intellectual interpretation Jenyns Jenyns's John Johnson's commendation Johnson's conception Johnson's criticism Johnson's nature knowledge laws literary Malebranche material meaning medieval metaphysical nature mind moral realism nature's Newton objects Oxford philosophical phusis physical Plato poet poetry Pope Pope's Preface presumption principles Rambler rational reality reason reductionism relation representation represented Samuel Johnson scientific Shakespeare skepticism Stoic Summa theologica supplied parenthetically teleological theological things Thomas Reid Thomist tion tradition truth ture ultimate University Press virtue Yale York
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Johnson's Critical Presence: Image, History, Judgement Philip Smallwood Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |