1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792307303321

Autore

Park Julie <1970->

Titolo

The self and it [[electronic resource] ] : novel objects and mimetic subjects in eighteenth-century England / / Julie Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7334-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (307 p.)

Disciplina

823/.509353

Soggetti

English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism

Self in literature

Mimesis in literature

Commercial products in literature

Capitalism and literature - England - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : its, parts, wholes and the eighteenth-century self -- For the pleasure of it : consuming novelty -- Making the heart and hymen real : Clarissa -- Appearing natural, becoming strange : the self as mimetic object -- Frances Burney's mechanics of coming out -- Puppet life : animation, voice and Charlotte Charke's narrative -- Unheimlich maneuvers : enlightenment in the age of psychoanalysis.

Sommario/riassunto

The Self and It makes a fresh and bold intervention in histories and theories of the rise of the novel by arguing that the material objects proliferating in eighteenth-century England's consumer markets worked in conjunction with the novel as vital tools for fashioning the modern self.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778913703321

Autore

Hall Simon <1976-, >

Titolo

Rethinking the American anti-war movement / / Simon Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-136-59918-5

1-283-46205-2

9786613462053

1-136-59919-3

0-203-35747-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

American social and political movements of the twentieth century

Disciplina

959.704/31

959.70431

Soggetti

Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Protest movements

Peace movements - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement; Copyright; Contents; Editors's Series Introduction; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The Movement's Origins; 2. Key Events; 3. Key Figures; 4. Intersections and Relationships with Other Movements; 5. Strengths and Weaknesses; 6. The Movement's Legacy; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Between 1965 and 1973, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans participated in one of the most remarkable and significant people's movements in American history. Through marches, rallies, draft resistance, teach-ins, civil disobedience, and non-violent demonstrations at both the national and local levels, Americans vehemently protested the country's involvement in the Vietnam War. Rethinking the American Anti-War Movement provides a short, accessible overview of this important social and political movement, highlighting key events and key figures, the movement's strength