Description
| Product ID: | 9780415772334 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Foundations and Frontiers in Aesthetics Series |
| Title: | Eighteenth-Century British Aesthetics |
| Authors: | Author: Dabney Townsend |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy: aesthetics, Philosophy: aesthetics, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1700 to c 1800 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Containing twenty-two essays, including Dabney Townsend's essay on the development of eighteenth century aesthetics to make the history of aesthetics accessible to both students and specialists alike. In "Eighteenth Century British Aesthetics", editor Dabney Townsend has brought together the work of such well-known writers as John Dryden, Joshua Reynolds, David Hume, and Samuel Johnson with the more obscure works of aestheticians such as Uvedale Price, Daniel Webb, John Baillie, and James Harris, whose work is difficult to find, but is nonetheless important, informative, and interesting. These twenty-two selections, accompanied by Dabney Townsend''s historical essay on the development of eighteenth century aesthetics, make the history of aesthetics accessible to both students and specialists alike. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-04-16 |
