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Article: Philosophical Dialogue in the British Enlightenment: Theology, Aesthetics and the Novel.(Review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- January 1, 1999
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1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era, 2 (1996). Ed. by KEVIN L. COPE. New York: AMS Press. 1996. xv + 366 pp. $62.50.
The ambitious scope of this annual, reflected in the open arms of its title, determines the character of this volume. It is full of 'ideas' and 'inquiries', concerning or directed at Sheridan, Spinoza, Vermeer, Blake, Margaret Cavendish, Hobbes, Bunyan, Hogarth, Johnson, Shelley, Anne Bronte, Burke, Richardson, Ossian, Onania (and this is not to mention the subjects of the book reviews). The subjects and methodological approaches of the essays vary widely, constituting an all-encompassing, generous postmodern text, in ...