| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 283 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Based on a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Eng., spring 1995. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Representations of the self from Petrarch to Descartes / Peter Burke -- Self and selfhood in the seventeenth century / Jonathan Sawday -- Self-reflection and the self / Roger Smith -- Religious experience and the formation of the early Enlightenment self / Jane Shaw -- The European Enlightenment and the history of the self / E.J. Hundert -- The death and rebirth of character in the 18th century / Sylvana Tomaselli -- "Another self in case" : gender, marriage, and the individual in Augustan literature / Carolyn D. Williams -- Feelings and novels / John Mullan -- Romantic travel / Roger Cardinal -- " --As a rule, I does not mean I" : personal identity and the Victorian woman poet / Kate Flint -- Mapping the self : gender, space, and modernity in mid-Victorian London / Lynn Nead -- Stories of the eye / Daniel Pick -- The modern auditory I / Steven Connor -- Assembling the modern self / Nikolas Rose -- Death and the self / Jonathan Dollimore -- Self-undoing subjects / Terry Eagleton. |
| Summary |
A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the Western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed contributors analyse differing models of personal identity from a variety of perspectives. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Self (Philosophy) -- History.
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Self (Philosophy) |
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History. |
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Self (Philosophy) in literature -- History.
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Self (Philosophy) in literature. |
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Identity (Psychology) -- History.
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Identity (Psychology) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rewriting the self. London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 0415142792 (DLC) 96015698 (OCoLC)34564818 |
| ISBN |
0203439155 (electronic book) |
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9780203439159 (electronic book) |
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9780415142793 |
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0415142792 |
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9780415142809 (paperback) |
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0415142806 (paperback) |
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1280319801 |
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9781280319808 |
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0203747399 |
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9780203747391 |
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