Between 1970 and 2000 George Rousseau wrote a series of landmark
essays about the role of nervous physiology in literature and
history that altered the landscape of eighteenth-century studies.
The essays changed the direction of some Enlightenment thought and
configured the rise of sensibility in new ways. Since then much
work has been done which engages, challenges, adopts, and expands
on Rousseau's original discussions. This volume collects and
reprints the most important of those essays and surveys the current
critical moment as it touches on the vocabularies Rousseau
pioneered. The introduction surveys nerves from the ancients to the
moderns, and then selects examples in literature where the literary
and moral elements of nervous discourse are especially prominent.
The epilogue engages with the critical reception of the original
essays and provides biographical and critical reflections on the
legacy of the nerves in literary scholarship.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!