The afterlife of enclosure : British realism, character, and the commons /

"The enclosure of the commons, space once available for communal use, was not a singular event but an act of "slow violence" that transformed lands, labor, and basic concepts of public life leading into the nineteenth century. The Afterlife of Enclosure examines three canonical Britis...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lesjak, Carolyn, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Temas:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880 > Criticism and interpretation.
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880
Hardy, Thomas, > 1840-1928
1800-1899
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Commons in literature.
Inclosures in literature.
Working class in literature.
Realism in literature.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Terres de communage dans la littérature.
Travailleurs dans la littérature.
Réalisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Commons in literature
English fiction
Inclosures in literature
Realism in literature
Working class in literature
character.
cosmopolitanism.
enclosure.
environmental humanities.
geopolitical aesthetic.
political ecology.
realism.
slow violence.
the commons.
Literary criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : realism and the commons
  • The persistence of the commons, the persistence of enclosure
  • Dickensian types and a culture of the commons
  • Eliot, cosmopolitanism, and the commons
  • The typical and the tragic in Hardy's geopolitical commons
  • Afterword : old and new enclosures.

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