TY - GEN T1 - Against better judgment : irrational action and literary invention in the long eighteenth century T2 - Walker Cowen Memorial Prize. A1 - Manganaro, Thomas Salem, 1987- LA - English PP - Charlottesville PB - University of Virginia Press YR - 2022 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1275431903 AB - "This book traces how, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the problem of irrational action was eliminated from philosophical discourse yet flourished in literature, resulting in new literary innovations"-- OP - 237 CN - PR448.P5 M35 2022 SN - 9780813947310 SN - 0813947316 SN - 9780813947297 SN - 9780813947303 KW - English literature : 18th century : History and criticism. KW - English literature : Early modern, 1500-1700 : History and criticism. KW - Act (Philosophy) in literature. KW - Philosophy of mind in literature. KW - Philosophy, English : 17th century. KW - Philosophy, English : 18th century. KW - Littérature anglaise : 18e siècle : Histoire et critique. KW - Action (Philosophie) dans la littérature. KW - Philosophie de l'esprit dans la littérature. KW - Philosophie anglaise : 17e siècle. KW - Philosophie anglaise : 18e siècle. KW - HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century KW - Act (Philosophy) in literature KW - English literature KW - Philosophy, English KW - Philosophy of mind in literature KW - 1600-1799 KW - Electronic books. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -