Poetic Enlightenment

Description:

The essays in this edited collection look at the role of poetry in the development of enlightenment ideas. As scholarly disciplines began to emerge - anthropology, linguistics, psychology - the ancient and innate art of poetry was invoked to create new ways of communicating this philosophy of human science.

subjects: Literature and science,  Poetry, modern, history and criticism,  Enlightenment,  Great britain, intellectual life,  History,  Modern Poetry,  History and criticism,  Poetry,  Intellectual life,  Poetry, modern,  Littérature et sciences,  Histoire,  Poésie,  Histoire et critique,  Siècle des Lumières,  Vie intellectuelle,  Enlightenment (18th-century western movement),  BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY,  Literary,  Literature,  Social aspects,  Aufklärung,  Literatur,  Rezeptionsforschung,  Wissenschaft,  Lyrik,  Poetologie,  Humanwissenschaften,  Influence,  English poetry,  Congresses