Representing Humanity in the Age of Enlightenment (The Enlightenment World)

The Enlightenment era saw European thinkers increasingly concerned with what it meant to be human. This collection of essays traces the concept of 'humanity' through revolutionary politics, feminist biography, portraiture, explorer narratives, libertine and Orientalist fiction, the philosophy of conversation and musicology.

• | Author: Alexander Cook
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 254 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1138662135
• | ISBN-13: 9781138662131