Pope and Berkeley: The Language of Poetry and Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781403941725)

The first study dedicated to the relationship between Alexander Pope and George Berkeley, this book undertakes a comparative reading of their work on the visual environment, economics and providence, challenging current ideas of the relationship between poetry and philosophy in early eighteenth-century Britain. It shows how Berkeley's idea that the phenomenal world is the language of God, learnt through custom and experience, can help to explain some of Pope's conservative sceptical arguments, and also his virtuoso poetic techniques.

Author: T. Jones
ISBN-10: 1403941726
ISBN-13: 9781403941725
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 09/15/2005
Pages: 203
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.88h x 6.22w x 0.68d