Writing and Constructing the Self in Great Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century

by Allan Ingram and Marion Leclair

The injunction, 'Know thyself ', resounding down the centuries, has never lost its appeal and urgency. The 'self' remains an abiding and universal concern, something at once intimate, indispensable and elusive; something we take for granted and yet remains difficult to pin down, describe or define. This volume of twelve essays explores how writers in different domains - philosophers and thinkers, novelists, poets, churchmen, political writers and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526123363
• ISBN13: 9781526123367
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"