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Literature, Commerce, and the Spectacle of Modernity, 1750-1800.
This book explores the ways that authors responded to fundamental questions about literature during an age of accelerating change.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in Romanticism.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; LITERATURE, COMMERCE, AND THE SPECTACLE OF MODERNITY, 1750-1800; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: The ocean of ink: a long introduction; THE MORE THINGS CHANGE; THE LAST MASQUERADE AT THE PANTHEON; THIS INVISIBLE JE NE SCAY QUOI; THE FASHION FAIR; CHAPTER 2: Balloonomania: the pursuit of knowledgeand the culture of the spectacle; BEAUTIFUL INVENTION; THE PRESENT RAGE; ADVENTUROUS HEROES; CAUTIOUS PHILOSOPHERS; THE WORLD AS IT GOES; CHAPTER 3: Bibliomania: the rage for books and the spectacle of culture; BEDLAM; CURIOUS LIBRARIES.
- THE CACOETHES SCRIBENDITHE HELLUO LIBRORUM; MEN OF TASTE; CHAPTER 4: Foolish knowledge: the little world of microcosmopolitan literature; DIFFUSING KNOWLEDGE FAR AND WIDE; THE HISTORIAN OF CHARACTER AND MANNERS; THE MISCELLANY OF LIFE; TRIFLING OCCURRENCES AND LITTLE OCCUPATIONS; THE POLITICS OF POLITENESS; CHAPTER 5: Uncommon animals: literary professionalismin the age of authors; "THE LOW-LIFE OF LITERATURE"; HOUSELESS WANDERERS; THE HIGHWAYS OF LITERATURE; THE CROWD OF LIFE; SCATTERED SEEDS; CHAPTER 6: The Learned Pig: enlightening the reading public; ILLITERATE READERS; ERUDITE SWINE.
- WONDERFUL KNOWLEDGEADVERTISING CULTURE; INCREDULOUS READERS; ADVERTISEMENT; CHAPTER 7: Afterword: A swinish multitude: the tyranny offashion in the 1790s; Notes; 1 THE OCEAN OF INK: A LONG INTRODUCTION; 2 BALLOONOMANIA: THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE CULTURE OF THE SPECTACLE; 3 BIBLIOMANIA : THE RAGE FOR BOOKS AND THE SPECTACLE OF CULTURE; 4 FOOLISH KNOWLEDGE: THE LITTLE WORLD OF MICROCOSMOPOLITAN LITERATURE; 5 UNCOMMON ANIMALS: LITERARY PROFESSIONALISM IN THE AGE OF AUTHORS; 6 THE LEARNED PIG: ENLIGHTENING THE READING PUBLIC.
- 7 AFTERWORD: A SWINISH MULTITUDE: THE TYRANNY OF FASHION IN THE 1790SBibliography; PRIMARY SOURCES; SECONDARY SOURCES; Index; CAMBRIDGE STUDIES IN ROMANTICISM.