|
Showing 1 - 3 of
3 matches in All Departments
In the eighteenth century, critics of capitalism denounced the
growth of luxury and effeminacy; supporters applauded the increase
of refinement and the improved status of women. This pioneering
study explores the way the association of commerce and femininity
permeated cultural production. It looks at the first use of a
female author as an icon of modernity in the "Athenian Mercury,"
and reappraises works by Elizabeth Singer Rowe, Mandeville, Defoe,
Pope and Elizabeth Carter. Samuel Richardson's novels represent the
culmination of the English debate, while contemporary essays by
David Hume move towards a fully-fledged enlightenment theory of
feminization.
In the eighteenth century, critics of capitalism denounced the
growth of luxury and effeminacy while others celebrated the
increase of refinement and the improved status of women. This
pioneering study demonstrates the way the association of commerce
and femininity permeated cultural production. It looks at the first
use of a female author as an icon of modernity in the Athenian
Mercury in the 1690s, reappraises misogynist representations in the
work of Mandeville, Defoe and Pope in the light of the stock market
crash of 1720, and considers in detail the turbulent careers of the
poets Elizabeth Singer Rowe and Elizabeth Carter. The novels of
Samuel Richardson represent the culmination of the English debate,
while contemporary essays by David Hume move towards a
fully-fledged enlightenment theory of feminization. Clery's book is
essential reading not only for students of eighteenth-century
literature, but for those interested in the emergence of commercial
ideology and the evolution of theories of gender.
These essays explore the remarkable expansion of publishing from 1750 to 1850 which reflected the growth of literacy, and the diversification of the reading public. Experimentation with new genres, methods of advertising, marketing and dissemination, forms of critical reception and modes of access to writing are also examined in detail. This collection represents a new wave of critical writing extending cultural materialism beyond its accustomed concern with historicizing the words on the page into the economics of literature, and the investigation of neglected areas of print culture.
|
You may like...
The Wonder Of You
Elvis Presley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
CD
R71
R60
Discovery Miles 600
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.