Eighteenth-Century English Literature:
The Enlightenment of Others
In spite of the variety of critiques of Reason and the
rhetoric of Enlightenment which have been launched in
recent years, these discourses continue to have
descriptive -- if not normative -- value vis a vis
alternative modes of knowing and ways of encountering
the world. And although our awareness of the cultural
contingency of Whiggish progressivism allows us to
see "Enlightenment" as anything but natural, is it
possible to recuperate these terms in new or heretofore
unexamined discursive territories? Are there
narratives of Enlightenment which fall outside of the
traditional spheres of natural, political and economic
science? This panel seeks to explore some alternative
Enlightenments through the lens of eighteenth-century
English literature.
Possible topics might include:
Religious Enlightenment
Superstition and Magic
General and Special Providence
Truth and Individual Experience
Enlightenment in the Contact Zone
Hybridity and Scientific Discovery
Psychology of Economic Behavior
Luxury and Opulence
Narrative and Logic
Abstracts of any length will be accepted until July 15,
2003. Questions and abstracts should be sent to
ddc23@cornell.edu
Thank you.
Dwight Codr
250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
607-227-3687
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