1st Edition
The Third Earl of Shaftesbury A Study in Eighteenth-Century Literary Theory
By R.L. Brett
Copyright 1951
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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The third Earl of Shaftesbury had generally been known as the forerunner of the Moral Sense school of philosophers in the eighteenth century. Surprisingly little attention had been paid to his importance for literature and yet undoubtedly this had been very great. Originally published in 1951, this study gives an account of Shaftesbury’s aesthetic and literary theory; his discussion of the... Read more
Preface. 1. The Cambridge Platonists 2. The Life and Writings of Shaftesbury 3. Shaftesbury’s Philosophy 4. The Ancients and the Moderns 5. The Creative Imagination 6. The Aesthetic Judgement 7. The Sublime 8. The Doctrine of Ridicule 9. The Influence of Shaftesbury’s Thought 10. The Crisis of Reason. Appendix. Index.
Biography
R. L. Brett
