Scepticism and literature an essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson

Scepticism and literature an essay on Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson

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This study of the role of scepticism in literature offers an introduction to key issues in 18th-century literature and philosophy. Parker traces the presence of sceptical thinking in works by Pope, Hume, Sterne, & Johnson & relates it more broadly to the social self-consciousness of 18th-cen...

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Main Author: Parker, G. F. (Graham Frederick) 1956-
Format: Electronic Resource
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2003.
Subjects:
Pope, Alexander > 1688-1744.
Hume, David > 1711-1776.
Sterne, Laurence > 1713-1768.
Johnson, Samuel > 1691-1773.
Skepticism in literature.
English literature > History and criticism. > 18th century.
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