Monstrous society : reciprocity, discipline, and the political uncanny, c. 1780-1848 / David Collings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Collings, David, 1959-

Series:

Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture

The Bucknell studies in eighteenth-century literature and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797--Political and social views.

Burke, Edmund.

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832--Political and social views.

Bentham, Jeremy.

Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834--Political and social views.

Malthus, T. R.

Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766-1834.

Bentham, Jeremy, 1748-1832.

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Politics and literature.

Political and social views.

Great Britain.

History.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Literature and society--England--History--18th century.

Literature and society.

England.

Literature and society--England--History--19th century.

Literature and history--Great Britain.

Literature and history.

Physical Description:

332 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, [2009]

Contents:

Reversibility and the crowd in early modern England

The monstrous crowds and mysterious incorporations of Edmund Burke

Society without reciprocity: the auto-icon of Jeremy Bentham

The ghost of revolution: the politics of the uncanny in The monk

Discipline of disaster: the cancellation of reciprocity in T. R. Malthus

Monstrous "man": impasses of social mastery in Frankenstein

The politics of reciprocity: transformations of counterpower at the end of early modern England.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and index.

ISBN:

0838757200

9780838757208

OCLC:

228744333