| Locke, Literary Criticism, and Philosophy Contributor(s): Walker, William (Author), William, Walker (Author), Erskine-Hill, Howard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521024749 ISBN-13: 9780521024747 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $39.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2006 Annotation: William Walker's analysis of John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding offers a challenging and provocative assessment of Locke's importance as a thinker, bridging the gap between philosophical and literary-critical discussion of his work. He is revealed as a crucial figure for emerging modernity, less the familiar empiricist innovator and more a proto-Nietzschean thinker. Walker's reading of Locke is finely attentive to the text and resourceful in placing the Essay in its broadest philosophical and historical context. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 192 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.81 lbs) 248 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |