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Poetic Enlightenment

Poetic Enlightenment

Rowan Boyson, Tom Jones

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The essays in this edited collection look at the role of poetry in the development of enlightenment ideas. As scholarly disciplines began to emerge - anthropology, linguistics, psychology - the ancient and innate art of poetry was invoked to create new ways of communicating this philosophy of human science.

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OL21048858W

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Literature and sciencePoetry, modern, history and criticismEnlightenmentGreat britain, intellectual lifeHistoryModern PoetryHistory and criticismPoetryIntellectual lifePoetry, modernLittérature et sciencesHistoirePoésieHistoire et critiqueSiècle des LumièresVie intellectuelleEnlightenment (18th-century western movement)BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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