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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Laura, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Animals in literature.
Women in literature.
Fables, English > 18th century > History and criticism.
Fables anglaises > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Littérature et histoire > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Animaux dans la littérature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Fables anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Animals in literature
Civilization
English literature
Fables, English
Imperialism in literature
Literature and history
Literature and society
Women in literature
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Moderniteit.
Vrouwen.
Niet-westerse volken.
Great Britain > Civilization > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Civilisation > 18e siècle.
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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