Minds in motion : imagining empiricism in eighteenth-century British travel literature

Minds in motion : imagining empiricism in eighteenth-century British travel literature / Anne M. Thell.

Author/creator	Thell, Anne M. author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Lewisburg [Pennsylvania] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Co-published with The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
Description	xvii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	English prose literature--18th century --History and criticism. Travelers' writings, English--History and criticism. Travel writing--History --18th century. Empiricism in literature. Travel in literature.

Series	Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 Transits (Bucknell University) ^A1093119
Contents	Introduction: Imagining empiricism -- Lady Phoenix: motion, imagination, and Cavendish's blazing world -- Pirate scientists: narrative versus natural history in the New Voyages of the 1690s -- A prospect of the world on the other side: Defoe's new voyage and virtual travel experience -- Narrative authority and ideal presence in John Hawkesworth's account of the voyages -- Johnson's journey and the terror of sight -- Epilogue: Imagining perception.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version: Thell, Anne M., author. Minds in motion [Lewisburg] : Bucknell University Press ; Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2017] 9781611488289
Genre/form	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2017025821
ISBN	9781611488272 hardcover alkaline paper
ISBN	1611488273 hardcover alkaline paper
Standard identifier#	40027506379

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR756 .T72 T44 2017	✔ Available	Place Hold