Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness
Ethical Inquiries in the Age of Enlightenment
Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, European, European General
| Author: | Brian Michael Norton | ISBN: | 9781611484311 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press | Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Brian Michael Norton |
| ISBN: | 9781611484311 |
| Publisher: | Bucknell University Press |
| Publication: | September 28, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Bucknell University Press |
| Language: | English |
Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness reads the eighteenth-century novel in the context of emerging theories of happiness in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. This important and richly interdisciplinary book offers both a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment’s ethical legacy.
Fiction and the Philosophy of Happiness reads the eighteenth-century novel in the context of emerging theories of happiness in early modern and Enlightenment Europe. This important and richly interdisciplinary book offers both a new understanding of the cultural work the eighteenth-century novel performed as well as an original interpretation of the Enlightenment’s ethical legacy.
