Описание: Dealing with the forgotten comic literature of eighteenth-century Britain, this book uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy.
Автор: Molesworth Название: Chance and the Eighteenth-Century Novel ISBN: 1107425581 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107425583 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of the relationship between realism, probability and chance - including gambling and magic - in eighteenth-century fiction, from Defoe through Fielding to end-of-century Gothic.
Описание: This book contributes to the literary history of eighteenth-century women`s life writings, particularly those labeled "scandalous memoirs." It examines how the evolution of this subgenre was shaped partially by several innovative memoirs that have received only modest critical attention.
Автор: Brant Название: Eighteenth-Century Letters and British Culture ISBN: 140399482X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403994820 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 17468.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A study of letter-writing in the Eighteenth-century, this book explores epistolary forms and practices in relation to important areas of British culture. Ideas about epistolary fiction are re-examined in the light of alternative paradigms, showing how the letter is a genre during the period. . It is useful for literary scholars and historians
Описание: Cultural Constructions of Madness in the Eighteenth Century deals with the (mis)representation of insanity through a substantial range of literary forms and figures from across the eighteenth century and beyond.
Автор: Lipsedge Название: Domestic Space in Eighteenth-Century British Novels ISBN: 0230355277 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230355279 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Examining the work of three authors: Richardson, Haywood and Burney, and their representation of domestic space, this book argues that to make such spaces accessible to modern readers they need to have information of the real domestic. By recreating specifics of these spaces this book innervates the fictional domestic interior for modern readers.
Автор: Bowers Название: Atlantic Worlds in the Long Eighteenth Century ISBN: 0230108679 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230108677 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Innovative and multidisciplinary, this collection of essays marks out the future of Atlantic Studies, making visible the emphases and purposes now emerging within this vital comparative field.
Описание: The eighteenth-century salon played an important role in shaping literary culture, while both creating and sustaining transnational intellectual networks. Focusing on archival materials, this book is the first detailed examination of the literary salon in Ireland, considered in the wider contexts of contemporary salon culture in Britain and France.
Описание: This book links literary works to psychological and philosophical beliefs of the Victorian era, by demonstrating a common concern among poets, novelists, philosophers, psychologists, and devotees of the occult with the question of whether thinking about someone can cause something to happen to them.
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