Description
The first study dedicated to the relationship between Alexander Pope and George Berkeley, this book undertakes a comparative reading of their work on the visual environment, economics and providence, challenging current ideas of the relationship between poetry and philosophy in early eighteenth-century Britain. It shows how Berkeley's idea that the phenomenal world is the language of God, learnt through custom and experience, can help to explain some of Pope's conservative sceptical arguments, and also his virtuoso poetic techniques.
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
212 pages
Language
English
Published
May 14, 2014
Publisher
Not Avail
Editions
4 editions
ISBN-10
0230511023
ISBN-13
9780230511026