Literary and cultural intersections during the long 18th century / edited by Marianna D'Ezio.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Ezio, Marianna.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

English literature.

Civilization in literature.

Great Britain--Intellectual life--18th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (175 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Culture and literature, indeed intellectual life as a whole, in eighteenth-century Britain were characterized by complex internal tensions as well as influenced by the unprecedented atmosphere of major political, cultural and social change which led to the revolutions at end of the century. Furthermore, the diffusion of periodicals and newspapers, which formed the basis of public conversation in urban coffee-houses, functioned as a vehicle for the dispersion of works which publicly mirrored a...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; VEILED YET STILL REVEALED; THE READER'S IDLE TALK; GENRE CONTAMINATION AND GENDER CRITIQUE IN LADY MARY MONTAGU'S TURKISH EMBASSY LETTERS; SITE/SIGHT AND SENSIBILITY; THE MOCK VIRTUOSO; PART II; THE SEASONS COMPARED; TURNING ITALIAN STUPIDITY INTO ENGLISH WIT; LIKE AN AUDIENCE OF FOREIGNERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY; NO FEAR JACK OBI- BAG; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-282-41392-9

9786612413926

1-4438-1469-5

OCLC:

823720482