Flesh in the Age of Reason : The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul

Porter, Roy - RARE FIRST EDITION PROOF

ISBN 10: 0713991496 / ISBN 13: 9780713991499

Published by Allen Lane Penguin London, 2003

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RARE proof copy of this astonishing book. Clean and tight, and because it is a proof very few copies were issued. This is undamaged and without any ownership signs or annotations. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Flesh in the Age of Reason : The Modern Foundations of Body and Soul
• Publisher: Allen Lane Penguin London
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713991496
• ISBN 13: 9780713991499
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Special Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

The gloomy, anguished fears and concerns of the great English writers of the Civil War period (Milton, Bunyan et all) are in many ways completely baffling and alien to us and yet 150 years later with writers such as Byron we feel totally at home with their view of the world. How did this extraordinary change happen? How did we become modern? In this sequel to the prize-winning "Enlightenment", Roy Porter completes his lifetime's work, offering an account of the writings of some of the most attractive figures ever to write in English.

About the Author

Roy Porter was until his retirement Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. His last book ENLIGHTENMENT won a 2001 Wolfson Prize. He completed FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON in the week of his death.