Eighteenth-century fiction and the reinvention of wonder /

A footprint materializes mysteriously on a deserted shore; a giant helmet falls from the sky; a traveler awakens to find his horse dangling from a church steeple. Eighteenth-century fiction brims with moments such as these, in which the prosaic rubs up against the marvelous. While it is a truism tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kareem, Sarah Tindal (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1700-1799
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
Curiosities and wonders in literature.
English fiction > History and criticism > 18th century.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Curiosités et merveilles dans la littérature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique > 18e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Curiosities and wonders in literature
English fiction
Electronic book.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Wonder and the rise of fiction
  • Wonder in the age of enlightenment
  • Rethinking the real with Robinson Crusoe and David Hume
  • Suspending the reader in Tom Jones and The Castle of Otranto
  • "Marvelous tales of wonders performed, or rather, not performed" in Baron Munchausen's Narrative
  • "A little voyage of discovery?": fiction and the pursuit of knowledge
  • Epilogue.

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