Telling the time in British literature, 1675-1830: hours of folly?

"Although the broad topic of time and literature in the long eighteenth century has received focused attention from successive generations of literary critics, this book adopts a radically new approach to the subject. Taking inspiration from recent revisionist accounts of the horological practi...

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Main Author: Tomalin, Marcus ca. 20./21. Jahrhundert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2020
Series:British literature in context in the long eighteenth century
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Summary:"Although the broad topic of time and literature in the long eighteenth century has received focused attention from successive generations of literary critics, this book adopts a radically new approach to the subject. Taking inspiration from recent revisionist accounts of the horological practices of the age, as well as current trends in ecocriticism, historical prosody, sensory history, social history, and new materialism, it offers a pioneering investigation of themes that have never previously received sustained critical scrutiny."
Physical Description:viii, 210 Seiten
ISBN:9780367858575

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