The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Stuart Sim |
Autore | Sim Stuart |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina |
820.9005
823.5093556 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-281-35762-6
9786611357627 0-7486-3131-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations; Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design; Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference; Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence; Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour; Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture
Chapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values; Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society; Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty; Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life; Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | 18th century novel and contemporary social issues |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777495303321 |
Sim Stuart | ||
Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues [[electronic resource] ] : an introduction / / Stuart Sim |
Autore | Sim Stuart |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
Disciplina |
820.9005
823.5093556 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-281-35762-6
9786611357627 0-7486-3131-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations; Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design; Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference; Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence; Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour; Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture
Chapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values; Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society; Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty; Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life; Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Altri titoli varianti | 18th century novel and contemporary social issues |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807002703321 |
Sim Stuart | ||
Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eighteenth-century women writers and the gentleman's liberation movement [[electronic resource] ] : independence, war, masculinity, and the novel, 1778-1818 / / by Megan A. Woodworth |
Autore | Woodworth Megan A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | [xi], 229 p |
Disciplina | 823/.5099287 |
Collana | British literature in context in the long eighteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Women authors - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Masculinity in literature |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-317-14541-0
1-4094-2781-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Un jeune homme comme il y en a peu: Evelina and the masculine empire -- If a man dared act for himself: Cecilia and the family romance of the American Revolution -- The best were only men of theory: masculinity, revolution, and reform, 1789-1793 -- From men of theory to theoretical men: Smith, West, and masculinity at war, 1793-1802 -- A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman: men of fashion, men of merit, and the rehabilitation of the landed gentleman -- Gentleman-like manner: gentlemanly professionals, merit, and the end of patronage -- You misled me by the term gentleman: a final farewell to foppery and nonsense. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466153503321 |
Woodworth Megan A | ||
Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eighteenth-century women writers and the gentleman's liberation movement [[electronic resource] ] : independence, war, masculinity, and the novel, 1778-1818 / / by Megan A. Woodworth |
Autore | Woodworth Megan A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | [xi], 229 p |
Disciplina | 823/.5099287 |
Collana | British literature in context in the long eighteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Women authors - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Masculinity in literature |
ISBN |
1-317-17137-3
0-367-88019-9 1-315-57897-2 1-317-17136-5 1-4724-3746-2 1-317-14541-0 1-4094-2781-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Un jeune homme comme il y en a peu: Evelina and the masculine empire -- If a man dared act for himself: Cecilia and the family romance of the American Revolution -- The best were only men of theory: masculinity, revolution, and reform, 1789-1793 -- From men of theory to theoretical men: Smith, West, and masculinity at war, 1793-1802 -- A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman: men of fashion, men of merit, and the rehabilitation of the landed gentleman -- Gentleman-like manner: gentlemanly professionals, merit, and the end of patronage -- You misled me by the term gentleman: a final farewell to foppery and nonsense. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798442603321 |
Woodworth Megan A | ||
Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Eighteenth-century women writers and the gentleman's liberation movement [[electronic resource] ] : independence, war, masculinity, and the novel, 1778-1818 / / by Megan A. Woodworth |
Autore | Woodworth Megan A |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica | [xi], 229 p |
Disciplina | 823/.5099287 |
Collana | British literature in context in the long eighteenth century |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - Women authors - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Masculinity in literature |
ISBN |
1-317-17137-3
0-367-88019-9 1-315-57897-2 1-317-17136-5 1-4724-3746-2 1-317-14541-0 1-4094-2781-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Un jeune homme comme il y en a peu: Evelina and the masculine empire -- If a man dared act for himself: Cecilia and the family romance of the American Revolution -- The best were only men of theory: masculinity, revolution, and reform, 1789-1793 -- From men of theory to theoretical men: Smith, West, and masculinity at war, 1793-1802 -- A really respectable, enlightened and useful country gentleman: men of fashion, men of merit, and the rehabilitation of the landed gentleman -- Gentleman-like manner: gentlemanly professionals, merit, and the end of patronage -- You misled me by the term gentleman: a final farewell to foppery and nonsense. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827561103321 |
Woodworth Megan A | ||
Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, c2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Embryology and the rise of the Gothic novel / / Diana Perez Edelman |
Autore | Edelman Diana Perez |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (187 pages) |
Disciplina | 823.0872909 |
Collana | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Ser. |
Soggetto topico |
Gothic fiction (Literary genre), English - History and criticism
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism |
ISBN | 3-030-73648-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Embryology and the Rise of the Gothic Novel -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Conceiving the Gothic -- or, "A New Species of Romance" -- "Seeds of Poetry and Rhyme" -- "Modes of Perception" -- Or, Eighteenth-Century Embryology -- The Gothic: Preformationist or Epigenetic? -- Internal Sources of Identity -- Monstrosity, Hybridity, Endless Narration -- References -- Chapter 2: "A Very Natural Dream" -- or, The Castle of Otranto -- Origin Stories: The Dream and the Prefaces -- The Houses of Manfred and Alfonso -- The Statue as Symbol of Epigenesis -- References -- Chapter 3: "The Liberty of Choice" -- or, the Novels of Ann Radcliffe -- Radcliffe and Science -- Individual Passion versus Parental Control -- Family Resemblance -- The "Explained Supernatural" -- The Miniature -- Endless Narration -- References -- Chapter 4: "Dark, Shapeless Substances" -- or, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- M. W. Shelley & -- Embryology -- Interrogating Embryology -- Agrippa and Paracelsus -- Epigenesis & -- Preformation -- Egalitarian Embryology: The Female Creature -- References -- Chapter 5: "Nature Preached a Milder Theology" -- Or, Melmoth the Wanderer -- Biddy Brannigan: Birthing the Story -- Alonzo: From Preformation to Epigenesis -- Adonijah: Symbol of Epigenetic Power -- Immalee/Isidora: From Epigenesis to Preformation -- The Novel's Monstrous Form -- References -- Chapter 6: "Something Scarcely Tangible" -- Or, James Hogg's Confessions -- "Stern Doctrines" Versus "Free Principles" -- The Editor's Scientific Narrative -- Robert Colwan's Preformationist Nightmare -- The Monstrous Form of Confessions -- References -- Chapter 7: Conclusion: Gothic Offspring -- or, "The Qualitas Occulta" -- Diversity of Identities: The Fiction of Reproductive Technologies -- Hauntings in the Body: Supernatural Fiction -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910488700603321 |
Edelman Diana Perez | ||
Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The emergence of romanticism / / Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Autore | Riasanovsky Nicholas V (Nicholas Valentine), <1923-2011, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/145 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Romanticism - Great Britain - History - 18th century German literature - 18th century - History and criticism Comparative literature - English and German Comparative literature - German and English |
ISBN |
0-19-535720-5
1-4294-0605-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784862503321 |
Riasanovsky Nicholas V (Nicholas Valentine), <1923-2011, > | ||
New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The emergence of romanticism / / Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Autore | Riasanovsky Nicholas V (Nicholas Valentine), <1923-2011, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (0 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.9/145 |
Soggetto topico |
English literature - 18th century - History and criticism
Romanticism - Great Britain - History - 18th century German literature - 18th century - History and criticism Comparative literature - English and German Comparative literature - German and English |
ISBN |
0-19-535720-5
1-4294-0605-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815579103321 |
Riasanovsky Nicholas V (Nicholas Valentine), <1923-2011, > | ||
New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English malady [[electronic resource] ] : enabling and disabling fictions / / edited by Glen Colburn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Altri autori (Persone) | ColburnGlen |
Soggetto topico |
Mental illness in literature
Illness anxiety disorder in literature English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Literature and society - Europe - History - 18th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-41405-4
9786612414053 1-4438-1485-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; MME DE STAËL AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF MELANCHOLY; ENGLISH SONG, ENGLISH MALADY; QUACKS, SOCIAL CLIMBERS, SOCIAL CRITICS, AND GENTLEMEN PHYSICIANS; "CORRUPTIBLE BODIES"; "WITH THE AFFECTION OF A PARENT"; PART II; WITHOUT SWAPPING HER SKIRT FOR BREECHES; A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A DEAD MAN; FANNY BURNEY, THE VAPOURS, AND FEMININE DESIRE; MEDICAL WOMEN AND HYSTERICAL DOCTORS; THE SEX OF SPLEEN AND THE BODY OF SENSIBILITY IN EARLY ROMANTIC LYRIC; NOTORIOUS CELEBRITY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464863303321 |
Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English malady [[electronic resource] ] : enabling and disabling fictions / / edited by Glen Colburn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 820.93561 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ColburnGlen |
Soggetto topico |
Mental illness in literature
Illness anxiety disorder in literature English literature - 18th century - History and criticism Literature and society - Europe - History - 18th century |
ISBN |
1-282-41405-4
9786612414053 1-4438-1485-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; MME DE STAËL AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF MELANCHOLY; ENGLISH SONG, ENGLISH MALADY; QUACKS, SOCIAL CLIMBERS, SOCIAL CRITICS, AND GENTLEMEN PHYSICIANS; "CORRUPTIBLE BODIES"; "WITH THE AFFECTION OF A PARENT"; PART II; WITHOUT SWAPPING HER SKIRT FOR BREECHES; A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A DEAD MAN; FANNY BURNEY, THE VAPOURS, AND FEMININE DESIRE; MEDICAL WOMEN AND HYSTERICAL DOCTORS; THE SEX OF SPLEEN AND THE BODY OF SENSIBILITY IN EARLY ROMANTIC LYRIC; NOTORIOUS CELEBRITY; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788991803321 |
Newcastle, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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