Wild enlightenment : the borders of human identity in the eighteenth century / Richard Nash.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nash, Richard, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Wild men in literature.

Great Britain--Civilization--18th century.

Great Britain.

Civilization.

Enlightenment--Great Britain.

Enlightenment.

Human beings in literature.

Physical Description:

x, 216 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2003.

Contents:

1. A Pygmy in London 15

2. The Feral Child at Court 42

3. The Travels of a Wild Youth 67

4. Unimaginable Communities 103

5. Walk Scotland and Carry a Big Stick 131

6. The End of Homo Ferus 156.

Notes:

"Winner of the Walker Cowen Memorial Prize."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-210) and index.

ISBN:

0813921651

OCLC:

50809048