British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, 1740-1830 Contributor(s): Burgess, Miranda J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521773296 ISBN-13: 9780521773294 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2000 Annotation: In British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, Miranda Burgess examines what Romantic-period writers called "romance." Reading a broad range of fictional and nonfictional works published between 1740 and 1830, Burgess places authors such as Richardson, Scott, Austen and Wollstonecraft in a new economic, social, and cultural context. She argues that the romance held a key role in remaking the national order of a Britain dependent on ideologies of human nature for justification of its social, economic, and political systems. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
Dewey: 823 |
LCCN: 99086370 |
Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.47" W x 8.99" (1.24 lbs) 324 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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Publisher Description: In British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, Miranda Burgess examines what Romantic-period writers called romance. Reading a broad range of fictional and nonfictional works published between 1740 and 1830, Burgess places authors such as Richardson, Scott, Austen and Wollstonecraft in a new economic, social, and cultural context. She argues that the romance held a key role in remaking the national order of a Britain dependent on ideologies of human nature for justification of its social, economic, and political systems. |