Pope and Berkeley: The Language of Poetry and Philosophy

by Tom Jones

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349521027
• ISBN13: 9781349521029
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"