In this study of the role of scepticism in literature, Fred Parker offers an introduction to key issues in 18th-century literature and philosophy. He traces the presence of sceptical thinking in works by Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson, relating it more broadly to the social self-consciousness of 18th-century culture, and more. more details
In this study of the role of scepticism in literature, Fred Parker offers an introduction to key issues in 18th-century literature and philosophy. He traces the presence of sceptical thinking in works by Pope, Hume, Sterne, and Johnson, relating it more broadly to the social self-consciousness of 18th-century culture, and more.