Idleness, Contemplation and the Aesthetic, 1750–1830

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Idleness, Contemplation and the Aesthetic, 1750–1830 by Richard Adelman, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Richard Adelman ISBN: 9781139088756
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: May 26, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Richard Adelman
ISBN: 9781139088756
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: May 26, 2011
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting the British response to Smith's political economy with that of contemporary German Idealists, Richard Adelman also uses this consideration of the importance of idleness to Romantic aesthetics to chart the development of a distinctly British idealism in the last decades of the eighteenth century. Exploring the work of Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Friedrich Schiller, William Cowper, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Wollstonecraft and many of their contemporaries, this study pinpoints a debate over human activity and capability taking place between 1750 and 1830, and considers its social and political consequences for the cultural theory of the early nineteenth century.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Reconstructing the literary and philosophical reaction to Adam Smith's dictum that man is a labouring animal above and before all else, this study explores the many ways in which Romantic writers presented idle contemplation as the central activity in human life. By contrasting the British response to Smith's political economy with that of contemporary German Idealists, Richard Adelman also uses this consideration of the importance of idleness to Romantic aesthetics to chart the development of a distinctly British idealism in the last decades of the eighteenth century. Exploring the work of Adam Smith, Jeremy Bentham, Friedrich Schiller, William Cowper, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Wollstonecraft and many of their contemporaries, this study pinpoints a debate over human activity and capability taking place between 1750 and 1830, and considers its social and political consequences for the cultural theory of the early nineteenth century.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Ballet by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Robert Frost by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book African Politics in Comparative Perspective by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human Rights by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book The Foundations of British Maritime Ascendancy by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book The Cambridge History of Latina/o American Literature by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Eigenvalues, Multiplicities and Graphs by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Self-Ownership, Property Rights, and the Human Body by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book A Practical Guide to International Philanthropy by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Value-Creating Boards by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book The Great War in History by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Colours and Colour Vision by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Technocracy and Democracy in Latin America by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Geometric and Topological Inference by Richard Adelman
Cover of the book Religion, Race, and the Making of Confederate Kentucky, 1830–1880 by Richard Adelman
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy