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Author:

Brown, Tony C., 1971-

Title:

The primitive, the aesthetic, and the savage : an Enlightenment problematic / Tony C. Brown.

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xxi, 278 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0816675635 (pb : acid-free paper)
9780816675630 (pb : acid-free paper)
0816675627 (hc : acid-free paper)
9780816675623 (hc : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)788275035

LCCN:

2012034547

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)