TY - BOOK ID - 80821642 TI - Wordsworth and the enlightenment idea of pleasure PY - 2012 VL - 95 SN - 9781139151009 9781107023307 9781107566415 9781139840309 1139840304 1139842684 9781139842686 1139151002 1283836262 9781283836265 1107023300 1139854127 1107236010 1139845934 1139845047 1139841491 110756641X 9781139854122 9781107236011 9781139845939 9781139845045 9781139841498 PB - Cambridge [England] Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Pleasure in literature. KW - Pleasure KW - Enlightenment. KW - Aufklärung KW - Eighteenth century KW - Philosophy, Modern KW - Rationalism KW - Emotions KW - Ethics KW - Senses and sensation KW - Utilitarianism KW - Happiness KW - Hedonism KW - Philosophy. KW - Wordsworth, William, KW - Wœ̄tsawœ̄t, Winlīam, KW - Wurdzwurth, Wilyam, KW - Varḍsavartha Viliyama, KW - Axiologus, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80821642 AB - "Ancient questions about the causes and nature of pleasure were revived in the eighteenth century with a new consideration of its ethical and political significance. Rowan Boyson reminds us that philosophers of the Enlightenment, unlike modern thinkers, often represented pleasure as shared rather than selfish, and she focuses particularly on this approach to the philosophy and theory of pleasure. Through close reading of Enlightenment and Romantic texts, in particular the poetry and prose of William Wordsworth, Boyson elaborates on this central theme. Covering a wide range of texts by philosophers, theorists and creative writers from over the centuries, she presents a strong defence of the Enlightenment ideal of pleasure, drawing out its rich political, as well as intellectual and aesthetic, implications"-- ER -