- Tytuł:
- “The Things We Are”: Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things and the Science of Man
- Autorzy:
- Berndt, Katrin
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/888812.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2016
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
- Tematy:
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Alasdair Gray
Scottish Enlightenment philosophy
postmodern narrative
metahistorical novel - Opis:
- The aim of this article is to examine the influence of Scottish Enlightenment philosophy on Alasdair Gray’s novel Poor Things (1992) with a particular focus on its references to the natural and life sciences. The essay argues that the novel allegorizes two central themes of the eighteenth-century Science of Man: it stresses the social nature of human beings, and it aims for a comprehensive portrayal of human nature whose different aspects are depicted in explicit connection with one another. The article shows that Gray employs the emancipatory framework of Scottish Enlightenment philosophy in order to communicate an idealistic belief in the possibility of gradual improvement of society.
- Źródło:
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Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies; 2016, 25/1; 125-140
0860-5734 - Pojawia się w:
- Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki