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The self and it : novel objects in eighteenth-century England / Julie Park.

Van Pelt Library PR858.S427 P37 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Park, Julie, 1970-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
English fiction.
Self in literature.
Mimesis in literature.
Commercial products in literature.
Capitalism and literature--England--History--18th century.
Capitalism and literature.
History.
England.
Physical Description:
xxix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Other Title:
Self & it
Place of Publication:
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Contents:
Introduction : its, parts, wholes, and the eighteenth-century self
For the pleasure of it : consuming novelty
"No sex in ethereals" : making the heart and hymen real in Clarissa
Appearing natural, becoming strange : the self as mimetic object
Frances Burney's mechanics of coming out
Puppet life : voice, animation, and Charlotte Charke's Narrative
Unheimlich maneuvers : enlightenment in the age of psychoanalysis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780804756969
0804756961
OCLC:
302414713

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