Literature, Commerce, and the Spectacle of Modernity, 17501800 by Paul Keen (Eng

Description: Literature, Commerce, and the Spectacle of Modernity, 17501800 by Paul Keen This book explores the ways that authors responded to a sense of unprecedented cultural and technological change. Together, their interventions helped to shape the values and tensions that informed Britains sense of its own extraordinary modernity. Their insights have never been more pertinent. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Paul Keen explores how a consumer revolution which reached its peak in the second half of the eighteenth century shaped debates about the role of literature in a polite modern nation, and tells the story of the resourcefulness with which many writers responded to these pressures. From dream reveries which mocked their own entrepreneurial commitments, such as Oliver Goldsmiths account of selling his work at a Fashion Fair on the frozen Thames, to the Microcosms mock plan to establish a licensed warehouse for wit, writers insistently tied their literary achievements to a sophisticated understanding of the uncertain complexities of a modern transactional society. This book combines a new understanding of late eighteenth-century literature with the materialist and sociological imperatives of book history and theoretically inflected approaches to cultural history. Author Biography Paul Keen is Professor of English at Carleton University. Table of Contents 1. The ocean of ink: a long introduction; 2. Balloonomania: the pursuit of knowledge and the culture of the spectacle; 3. Bibliomania: the rage for books and the spectacle of culture; 4. Foolish knowledge: the little world of microcosmopolitan literature; 5. Uncommon animals: literary professionalism in the age of authors; 6. The learned pig: enlightening the reading public; 7. Afterword: a swinish multitude: the tyranny of fashion in the 1790s; 8. Works cited. Review Keens book is the product of a deep reading of the archive of the past, with impressive results. David Simpson, European Romantic Review ... an important and substantial book that uncovers new depths and novel materials that will continue to reshape prevailing accounts of literature, knowledge, authorship, and reading in the fields of eighteenth-century and Romantic studies. Timothy Campbell, Modern Philology It is impossible to do justice to the breadth of reference in this book ... Every page has an entertaining and pertinent story, and every story makes one want to return to the primary sources. There is also a detailed bibliography for those who wish to pursue differing element of his debate. Anna Brunton, British Society for Literature and Science Reviews "Keens book is the product of a deep reading of the archive of the past, with impressive results." David Simpson, European Romantic Review "... an important and substantial book that uncovers new depths and novel materials that will continue to reshape prevailing accounts of literature, knowledge, authorship, and reading in the fields of eighteenth-century and Romantic studies." Timothy Campbell, Modern Philology It is impossible to do justice to the breadth of reference in this book ... Every page has an entertaining and pertinent story, and every story makes one want to return to the primary sources. There is also a detailed bibliography for those who wish to pursue differing element of his debate. Anna Brunton, British Society for Literature and Science Reviews Review Quote "Keens book is the product of a deep reading of the archive of the past, with impressive results." David Simpson, European Romantic Review Promotional "Headline" This book explores the ways that authors responded to fundamental questions about literature during an age of accelerating change. Description for Bookstore This book explores the ways that authors responded to a sense of unprecedented cultural and technological change. Together, their interventions helped to shape the values and tensions that informed Britains sense of its own extraordinary modernity. Their insights have never been more pertinent. Description for Library This book explores the ways that authors responded to a sense of unprecedented cultural and technological change. Together, their interventions helped to shape the values and tensions that informed Britains sense of its own extraordinary modernity. Their insights have never been more pertinent. Details ISBN1107479665 Author Paul Keen Pages 270 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Cambridge Studies In Romanticism ISBN-10 1107479665 ISBN-13 9781107479661 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 820.9006 Short Title LITERATURE COMMERCE & THE SPEC Language English Media Book Series Number 92 Birth 1963 Affiliation Carleton University, Ottawa Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-01-01 Illustrations 8 Halftones, unspecified Audience Professional and Scholarly UK Release Date 2015-01-01 AU Release Date 2015-01-01 NZ Release Date 2015-01-01 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91389834;

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