Against better judgment : irrational action and literary invention in the long eighteenth century

Against better judgment : irrational action and literary invention in the long eighteenth century /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Manganaro, Thomas Salem, 1987- (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2022.
Series:	Walker Cowen Memorial Prize.
Subjects:	1600-1799 English literature > 18th century > History and criticism. English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism. Act (Philosophy) in literature. Philosophy of mind in literature. Philosophy, English > 17th century. Philosophy, English > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Akrasia and Explanation in Enlightenment Philosophy
2. Some Encounters with Akrasia in Eighteenth-Century Prose Fiction: Defoe, Haywood, Sterne
3. Akrasia and Free Indirect Discourse in Romantic-Era Novels: Godwin and Austen
4. Akrasia, Life Writing, and Interpretation: Johnson and Rousseau
5. Akrasia and the Poetry of Antinomies: Wordsworth and Keats.