Fables of Modernity : Literature and Culture in the English Eighteenth Century /

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Fables of Modernity expands the territory for cultural and literary criticism by introducing the concept of the cultural fable. Laura Brown shows how cultural fables arise from material practices in eighteenth-century England. These fables, the author says, reveal the eighteenth-century origins of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brown, Laura, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2001.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Niet-westerse volken.
Vrouwen.
Moderniteit.
Engels.
Letterkunde.
Women in literature.
Literature and society.
Literature and history.
Imperialism in literature.
Fables, English.
English literature.
Civilization.
Animals in literature.
Fables anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Litterature anglaise > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la litterature.
Animaux dans la litterature.
Imperialisme dans la litterature.
Litterature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Litterature et societe > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Fables anglaises > 18e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Fables, English > 18th century > History and criticism.
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siecle.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer
  • Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans
  • Finance : the fable of lady credit
  • Capitalism : fables of a new world
  • Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince
  • the orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.

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