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Provides a literary history of the anecdote in English. Drawing on extensive archival research and emphasizing the anecdote as a way of thinking, James Robert Wood shows that an intimate relationship developed between the anecdote and the Enlightenment concept of human nature.

Anecdotes of Enlightenment

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      Publisher: University of Virginia Press
      Publication Date: 30/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780813942209, 978-0813942209
      ISBN10: 0813942209

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides a literary history of the anecdote in English. Drawing on extensive archival research and emphasizing the anecdote as a way of thinking, James Robert Wood shows that an intimate relationship developed between the anecdote and the Enlightenment concept of human nature.

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