Locke Literary Criticism and Philosophy

William Walker''s analysis of John Locke''s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding offers a challenging and provocative assessment of Locke''s importance as a thinker bridging the gap between philosophical and literary-critical discussion of his work. He is revealed as a crucial figure for emerging modernity less the familiar empiricist innovator and more a proto-Nietzschean thinker. Walker''s reading of Locke is finely attentive to the text and resourceful in placing the Essay in its broadest philosophical and historical context.