The Secret Life of Things - Animals, Objects, and It-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England (Paperback)

Enriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focuses on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, and advances important work on consumer culture and the theory of things. The contributors bring new texts—and new ways of thinking about familiar ones—to our notice. Topics range from period debates about copyright to the complex relationships with object-riddled sentimental fictions, from anti-Semitism in Chrysal to jingoistic imperialism in The Adventures of a Rupee. Essays situate it-narratives in a variety of contexts: changing attitudes toward occult powers, the development of still-life painting, the ethical challenges of pet ownership, the cult of Sterne and the appearance of genre fiction, the emergence of moral-didactic children’s literature, and a better-known tradition of Victorian thing-narratives. Stylistically and thematically consistent, the essays in this collection approach it-narratives from various theoretical and historical vantage points, sketching the cultural biography of a neglected literary form. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

General

Imprint:	Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2023
First published:	2023
Editors:	Mark Blackwell
Contributors:	Barbara M. Benedict • Jonathan Lamb • Deidre Lynch • Markman Ellis • Liz Bellamy • Aileen Douglas • Christopher Flint • Mark Blackwell • Hillary Jane Englert
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	372
ISBN-13:	978-1-68448-470-6
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-68448-470-7
Barcode:	9781684484706

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