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The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of eighteenth-century writers and writing, 1660–1789
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing 1660-1789 features coverage of the lives and works of almost 500 notable writers based in the British Isles from the return of the British monarchy in 1660 until the French Revolution of 1789.
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Literature and encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain : the pursuit of complete knowledge
Literature and Encyclopedism in Enlightenment Britain tells the story of long-term aspirations to comprehend, record, and disseminate complete knowledge of the world. It draws on a wide range of literary and non-literary works from the early modern era and British Enlightenment.
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LYRICAL SOCIABILITY: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN
As a sociable being that is barred from society, Frankenstein's monster presents a sustained engagement with a major dilemma of eighteenth-century philosophy: whether individualism can produce sociability. Through the bodies of the monster and his planned partner, Shelley constructs a dark allegory of Rousseau's social contract theory, which draws on his use of the lyric in The Confessions. With its vague causality and tolerance of contradiction, Shelley suggests that the lyric provides a space for exploring the fractures, inconsistencies, and philosophical underpinnings of a social theory that protects individuals from each other instead of bringing them together.
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The Palgrave literary dictionary of Shelley
This comprehensive guide to the poems, prose, biography, ideas and contexts of Percy Bysshe Shelley features entries on all the major poems and prose works (including inspiration, composition and publication), Shelley's politics, relationships and travels, his representation in novels, drama, film and portraits, and his critical reception.
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“A Fine House Richly Furnished”: A Look at Pemberley and its Owner
Yet her recent viewing of impressive homes allows her to make an informed evaluation of Pemberley. [...]even the scant details provided about the exterior and interior design choices made by Mr. Darcy and his ancestors reflect the excellence of his character. Public areas of the house moved from the upstairs to the ground floor to allow for views of the gardens, and bedrooms were relocated upstairs. Mr. Gardiner’s “conjecturing as to the date of the building” (251) suggests that Pemberley’s architectural style is not immediately discernable, perhaps because details of the façade and floor plan had been changed since its initial construction. 1 The house’s description as a “large, handsome, stone building” (245) indicates the expense of its production. 2 A contemporary concept known as “convenience” held that an exterior should indicate the purpose of a building and the social position of its owner, and that homes reflected the characters of their inhabitants (Varey 156). Mrs. Reynolds mentions a “‘new instrument’” (248) during the tour of the ground floor; instruments were often located in a special music room or in a drawing room and therefore easily accessible for entertaining guests.
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Encyclopedia of Romanticism
First Published in 1992, this encyclopedia is designed to survey the social, cultural and intellectual climate of English Romanticism from approximately the 1780s and the French Revolution to the 1830s and the Reform Bill. Focussing on 'the spirit of the age', the book deals with the aesthetic, scientific, socioeconomic - indeed the human - environment in which the Romantics flourished. The books considers poets, playwrights and novelists; critics, editors and booksellers; painters, patrons and architects; as well as ideas, trends, fads, and conventions, the familiar and the newly discovered. The book will be of use for everyone from undergraduate English students, through to thesis-driven graduate students to teaching faculty and scholars.
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Women in the Eighteenth Century
This anthology gathers together various texts by and about women, ranging from `conduct' manuals to pamphlets on prostitution, from medical texts to critical definitions of women's writing, from anti-female satires to appeals for female equality. By making this material more widely available, Women in the Eighteenth Century complements the current upsurge in feminist writing on eighteenth-century literary history and offers students the opportunity to make their own rereadings of literary texts and their ideological contexts.
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