Idleness, Contemplation and the Aesthetic, 1750-1830

by Richard Adelman

Book Overview

Beginning with Adam Smith's dictum that labour was the most significant human occupation, and William Cowper's idealisation of 'The Task', Richard Adelman traces the ways in which Romantic writers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107449170
• ISBN13: 9781107449176
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"