The seventh sense : Francis Hutcheson and eighteenth-century British aesthetics / Peter Kivy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kivy, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hutcheson, Francis, 1694-1746.

Hutcheson, Francis.

Aesthetics, British--18th century.

Aesthetics, British.

Physical Description:

xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition, revised and enlarged.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Now reissued with substantial new material, The Seventh Sense is the definitive study of the aesthetic theory of the great eighteenth-century philosopher Francis Hutcheson, and its huge influence on British aesthetics. Peter Kivy's book is a seminal work on early modern aesthetics, and has been much in demand since going out of print some years ago; this new edition brings the book up to date with the addition of eight essays that Kivy has written on the subject since 1976.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-390) and index.

ISBN:

019926001X

0199260028

OCLC:

50756110