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Mind over matter : memory fiction from Daniel Defoe to Jane Austen /

"Mind over Matter offers a new history of the early, eighteenth-century, novel in relation to empiricism's central claim about memory. Eron considers how memory's creative force empowers both characters and readers-how that force alters, reconstitutes, and even overcomes the condition...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eron, Sarah, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Mind over Matter offers a new history of the early, eighteenth-century, novel in relation to empiricism's central claim about memory. Eron considers how memory's creative force empowers both characters and readers-how that force alters, reconstitutes, and even overcomes the conditions of our physical environment. Works discussed include those by Daniel Defoe, Frances Burney, Laurence Sterne, and Jane Austen"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 270 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813945682
0813945682