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The essays in this edited collection look at the role of poetry in the development of Enlightenment ideas. As scholarly disciplines began to emerge – anthropology, linguistics, psychology – the ancient art of poetry was invoked to create new ways of defining and expanding this philosophy of human science.
"'The Poetic Enlightenment gathers together essays from an outstanding group of scholars on the importance of poetry for Enlightenment thinkers. These essays brilliantly demonstrate in a variety of ways why we need to think much harder about the resources of poetry as a form of knowing, both in our own contemporaneity and historically with reference to the many discourses of knowledge that comprise Enlightenment. The collection as a whole will make a significant contribution to our re-enlightenment.'"
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