AMS Press
1650-1850; ideas, aesthetics, and inquiries in the early modern era; v.11.
Some may believe the Enlightenment was isolated to the work of a few men in 18th-century France. This treatment, however, will make readers aware that in fact Enlightenment concepts had roots deep into the 17th century and branches far into the 19th. The seven initial articles here examine notions about madness in 18th-century England; the forgeries of George Psalmanazar as performance art; the theory of imitation in Boullée's Essai sur l'Art; remembrances of nature in Winckelmann, Erdmannsdorff, Chodowiecki and Goethe; self-image in Goethe's Italian Journey; and French abolitionism as a hybrid genre. The articles in the first special feature examine male and female rakes in the literature of the period, and the second feature covers how ideas and institution worked in an age of Atlantic revolution. The volume includes a review essay and over 20 book reviews. (Annotation ©2007 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
