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Literary minstrelsy, 1770-1830 Literary minstrelsy, 1770-1830 Erik Simpson "Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830 argues that Romantic-era writers used the figure of the minstrel to imagine authorship as a social, responsive enterprise unlike the solitary process portrayed by Roma… OL11946067W
Defoe's America Defoe's America Dennis Todd "The Americas appear as an evocative setting in more than half of Daniel Defoe's novels, and often offer a new beginning for his characters. In the first full-length study of Defoe and colonialism, D… OL15603302W
Transatlantic literary studies, 1660-1830 Transatlantic literary studies, 1660-1830 Eve Tavor Bannet "The recently developed field of transatlantic literary studies has encouraged scholars to move beyond national literatures towards an examination of communications between Britain and the Americas. … OL16176222W
Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 Transatlantic stories and the history of reading, 1720-1810 Eve Tavor Bannet "Eve Tavor Bannet explores some of the remarkable stories about the Atlantic world that shaped Britons' and Americans' perceptions of that world. These stories about women, servants, the poor and the… OL16214029W
The Matrimonial Trap The Matrimonial Trap Laura E. Thomason Mary Delany’s phrase “the matrimonial trap” illuminates the apprehension with which genteel women of the eighteenth century viewed marriage. These women were generally required to marry in order to s… OL16815755W
Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Liberating medicine, 1720-1835 Tristanne J. Connolly,Clark, S. H. "During the eighteenth century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack 'bar… OL16939783W
The new science and women's literary discourse The new science and women's literary discourse Judy A. Hayden Afforded only limited access to the male-dominated sciences, many women writers nevertheless made significant contributions to intellectual culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Women … OL16980868W
Romantic natural histories Romantic natural histories William Wordsworth,Charles Darwin,Ashton Nichols Includes texts from 1750 to 1859 by Gilbert White, John Aikin, Anna (Aikin) Barbauld, Joseph Priestley, Oliver Goldsmith, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas Bewick, William Blake, William Wordsworth, William Bar… OL19428080W
Jane Austen and modernization Jane Austen and modernization Thompson, James "This study draws on the classic sociological work of Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, and Goffman to explore small group interaction in the six novels of Jane Austen. These early sociologists share with Aus… OL23206065W
Poems Poems Samuel Taylor Coleridge Introduces the life of author Samuel Taylor Coleridge and presents a sample of his poetry, including complete works and excerpts, with a brief, explanatory introduction to each. OL26131W
On the Sofa with Jane Austen On the Sofa with Jane Austen Maggie Lane 141 pages : 25 cm OL34045445W
Genre and ethics Genre and ethics Edward Tomarken "This book combines a literary critical version of genre with a pedagogical conception of ethics. It is comprised of eight chapters covering literature from the Renaissance to the present with an emp… OL3454944W
Madhouse of Language Madhouse of Language Allan Ingram In The Madhouse of Language, the history of writing about madness is seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes toward… OL4081013W
The most disreputable trade The most disreputable trade Thomas Frank Bonnell "A publishing phenomenon began in Glasgow in 1765. Uniform pocket editions of the English Poets printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis formed the first link in a chain of literary products that has grow… OL5668216W
Reading sex in the eighteenth century Reading sex in the eighteenth century Karen Harvey "Karen Harvey explores the construction of sexual difference and gender identity in eighteenth-century England. Using erotic texts and their illustrations, and rooting this evidence firmly in histori… OL5728013W
Venice transfigured Venice transfigured John Eglin "While there are many political, economic, and historical factors that contribute to the development and expression of nationalism, the tenacity and viciousness of nationalist conflicts, and the dedi… OL5880137W
Sexual antipodes Sexual antipodes Pamela Cheek "The title refers to a premise in utopian and exoticist fiction about the southern portion of the globe: sexual order defines the character of the state. The book begins by examining how the idea of … OL5968789W
The manufacturers of literature The manufacturers of literature George Justice "The Manufacturers of Literature: Writing and the Literary Marketplace in Eighteenth-Century England explores transformations in literature over the course of the eighteenth century, focusing on deta… OL6213470W
The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature, 16401770 The Power of the Passive Self in English Literature, 16401770 Scott Paul Gordon "Challenging recent work that contends that seventeenth-century English discourses privilege the notion of a self-enclosed, self-sufficient individual, The Power of the Passive Self in English Litera… OL6213595W
Brevold Eighteenth Century Poetry and Brevold Eighteenth Century Poetry and BREVOLD *EIGHTE xxvii, 1493 pages ; 24 cm OL9375417W
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