A Companion to the Enlightenment (Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)

By Roy Porter and Pat Rogers

Book Overview

The Companion focusses on the international intellectual movement of the Enlightenment, and the individuals who shaped it. A number of substantial essays survey the main topics of dictionaries, encyclopedias, art, music and theatre, while central philosophical concepts such as human nature are also examined. Specialized topics receive short definitions and there are several hundred biographies. Chronology. 100 halftones. Bibliographies. Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631196889
• ISBN13: 9780631196884
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.7"