Isolated cases
Subtitle: the anxieties of autonomy in enlightenment philosophy and romantic literature
By: Nancy Yousef.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Appreciation -- Great Britain.; Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778 -- Influence.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.; English literature -- French influences.; Autonomy (Psychology) in literature.; Philosophy, Modern -- 19th century.; Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century.; Philosophy in literature.; Isolation (Philosophy); Anxiety in literature.; Autonomy (Philosophy); Enlightenment.; Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
Description: "In her interdisciplinary book, Nancy Yousef addresses the emergence of autonomy, demonstrating that the ideal was beset from its beginnings by profound concerns over the possibilities and grounds of human relations and interdependence. Isolated Cases draws attention to the strain of intersubjective anxieties and longings hidden within representations of the individual as self-sufficient and self-defining. Among the writers and thinkers Yousef treats at length are John Locke, John Stuart Mill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Mary Shelley, and William Wordsworth."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-244) and index.