These essays trace the myth of the wild man from the Middle Ages to its disintegration into symbol in the periods following the discovery of America and encounter with real /u201cwild men./u201d This is the first book to discuss the concept of wildness in the writings of the Enlightenment period in Western Europe and the first to attempt a broad, interdisciplinary approach to the subject of primitivism, not only from a strict /u201chistory of ideas/u201d approach, but through discussions of individual works, both literary and political, and encompassing various subject matter from racism to the origins of language.Contributors: Richard Ashcraft; Ehrhard Bahr; John G. Burke; Earl Miner; Gary B. Nash; Stanley Robe; Geoffrey Symcox; Peter Thoralev; Hayden V. White, and the editors.
About the author
<b>Edward Dudley </b>is professor of Spanish and comparative literatures and chairman of Hispanic Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.<b>Maximillian E. Novak</b> is professor of English at the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 346 ● ISBN 9780822975991 ● File size 21.0 MB ● Editor Edward Dudley & Maximillian E. Novak ● Publisher University of Pittsburgh Press ● City PIttsburgh ● Country US ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 9121255 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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