Minds in motion : imagining empiricism in eighteenth-century British travel literature

Minds in motion : imagining empiricism in eighteenth-century British travel literature

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Auteur principal : Thell Anne M. (Auteur)
Format : Livre
Langue : anglais
Titre complet : Minds in motion : imagining empiricism in eighteenth-century British travel literature / Anne M. Thell
Publié : Lewisburg [Pennsylvania], Lanham, Maryland : Bucknell University Press , C 2017
Co-published with the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii, 267 p.)
Collection : Transits
Contenu : Introduction: Imagining empiricism. Lady Phoenix: motion, imagination, and Cavendish's blazing world. Pirate scientists: narrative versus natural history in the New Voyages of the 1690s. A prospect of the world on the other side: Defoe's new voyage and virtual travel experience. Narrative authority and ideal presence in John Hawkesworth's account of the voyages. Johnson's journey and the terror of sight. Epilogue: Imagining perception
Sujets :
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique
Récits de voyages > Histoire et critique
Écrivains anglais > Voyages > 18e siècle
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Bibliographie : Bibliogr. p. 235-253. Index
ISBN : 978-1-61148-827-2