| Writing and European Thought 1600-1830 Contributor(s): Hudson, Nicholas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521025028 ISBN-13: 9780521025027 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: Writing and European Thought, 1600-1830 argues for the central importance of writing to conceptions of language, technological progress and Western civilization during the Early Modern Era. Attitudes to the written language changed radically between the late Renaissance and Romanticism, and Nicholas Hudson challenges some central assumptions of modern historical scholarship on the nature of that change. He questions the argument that European thinkers have been "logocentric," and that the rise of print and literacy produced a more visually oriented culture. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - General - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century |
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| Publisher Description: Writing and European Thought, 1600-1830 argues for the central importance of writing to conceptions of language, technological progress and Western civilization during the Early Modern Era. Attitudes to the written language changed radically between the late Renaissance and Romanticism, and Nicholas Hudson challenges some central assumptions of modern historical scholarship on the nature of that change. He questions the argument that European thinkers have been logocentric, and that the rise of print and literacy produced a more visually oriented culture. |