 | Isolated Cases: The Anxieties of Autonomy in Enlightenment Philosophy and Romantic Literature Subjects: English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Romanticism -- Great Britain; Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712–1778 -- Appreciation -- Great Britain; Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712–1778 -- Influence; English literature -- French influences; Autonom; The literature of the romantic period has consistently been seen as the source of modern concepts of the individual. Nancy Yousef maintains, however, that the dominant account of the self in romanticism is in need of profound revision. While... Nancy Yousef is Assistant Professor of English at The City University of New York, Baruch College. |
