Rewriting the self : histories from the Renaissance to the present / edited by Roy Porter.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Porter, Roy, 1946-2002.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self (Philosophy)--History.

Self (Philosophy).

Self (Philosophy) in literature.

Identity (Psychology)--History.

Identity (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A lively and controversial exploration of ideas of the self in the Western cultural tradition from the Renaissance to the present. Highly esteemed contributors analyse differing models of personal identity from a variety of perspectives.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; REPRESENTATIONS OF THE SELF FROM PETRARCH TO DESCARTES; SELF AND SELFHOOD IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SELF-REFLECTION AND THE SELF; RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE FORMATION OF THE EARLY ENLIGHTENMENT SELF; THE EUROPEAN ENLIGHTENMENT AND THE HISTORY OF THE SELF; THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF CHARACTER IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 'ANOTHER SELF IN THE CASE': GENDER, MARRIAGE AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN AUGUSTAN LITERATURE; FEELINGS AND NOVELS; ROMANTIC TRAVEL

'AS A RULE, I DOES NOT MEAN I': PERSONAL IDENTITY AND THE VICTORIAN WOMAN POETMAPPING THE SELF: GENDER, SPACE AND MODERNITY IN MID-VICTORIAN LONDON; STORIES OF THE EYE; THE MODERN AUDITORY I; ASSEMBLING THE MODERN SELF; DEATH AND THE SELF; SELF-UNDOING SUBJECTS; Index

Notes:

Based on a seminar series held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Eng., spring 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-76492-8

1-134-76493-6

1-280-31980-1

0-203-43915-5

9780203439159

OCLC:

223173549