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A Concise Companion to the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Contributor(s): Wall, Cynthia (Editor)
ISBN: 1405101172     ISBN-13: 9781405101172
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $147.20  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: January 2005
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Annotation: This Concise Companion presents fresh perspectives on eighteenth-century literature.
* Contributes to current debates in the field on subjects such as the public sphere, travel and exploration, scientific rhetoric, gender and the book trade, and historical versus literary perceptions of life on London streets.
* Searches out connections between the remarkable number of new genres that appeared in the eighteenth century.
* Crosses conventional disciplinary lines.
* Demonstrates that philosophy, history, politics and social theory both influence and are influenced by literature.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Dewey: 820.900
LCCN: 2004012930
Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.54" W x 9.26" (1.22 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Cultural Region - British Isles
 
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Publisher Description:
This Concise Companion presents fresh perspectives on eighteenth-century literature.

  • Contributes to current debates in the field on subjects such as the public sphere, travel and exploration, scientific rhetoric, gender and the book trade, and historical versus literary perceptions of life on London streets.
  • Searches out connections between the remarkable number of new genres that appeared in the eighteenth century.
  • Crosses conventional disciplinary lines.
  • Demonstrates that philosophy, history, politics and social theory both influence and are influenced by literature.