Literature and the Disciplines, 1700 -1820
Author : Robin Valenza
Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN :
Literature, Language, and the Rise of the Intellectual Disciplines in Britain, 1680–1820
Author : Robin Valenza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 44,62 MB
Release : 2009-09-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139482815
Book Description
The divide between the sciences and the humanities, which often seem to speak entirely different languages, has its roots in the way intellectual disciplines developed in the long eighteenth century. As various fields of study became defined and to some degree professionalized, their ways of communicating evolved into an increasingly specialist vocabulary. Chemists, physicists, philosophers, and poets argued about whether their discourses should become more and more specialised, or whether they should aim to remain intelligible to the layperson. In this interdisciplinary study, Robin Valenza shows how Isaac Newton, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Adam Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth invented new intellectual languages. By offering a much-needed account of the rise of the modern disciplines, Robin Valenza shows why the sciences and humanities diverged so strongly, and argues that literature has a special role in navigating between the languages of different areas of thought.
Institutions of Literature, 1700–1900
Author : Jon Mee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 110883020X
Book Description
This lively collection makes a compelling case for the importance of institutions in the production, reception, and meaning of literature.
Literary History Writing, 1770-1820
Author : April London
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 28,24 MB
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0230283330
Book Description
This investigation of literary history writing between 1770 and 1820 identifies the mode's distinction from canon formation as central to its cultural vitality. Using secret history, memoir and the novel, amongst other sources, it invites a re-thinking of literary history's place in late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century print culture.
Dissertation Abstracts International
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Dissertations, Academic
ISBN :
Book Description
Abstracts of dissertations available on microfilm or as xerographic reproductions.
A Companion to Sensation Fiction
Author : Pamela K. Gilbert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 878 pages
File Size : 15,94 MB
Release : 2011-06-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444342215
Book Description
This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and works, its major themes, and its lasting legacy. Places key authors and novels in their cultural and historical context Includes studies of major topics such as race, gender, melodrama, theatre, poetry, realism in fiction, and connections to other art forms Contributions from top international scholars approach an important literary genre from a range of perspectives Offers both a pre and post-history of the genre to situate it in the larger tradition of Victorian publishing and literature Incorporates coverage of traditional research and cutting-edge contemporary scholarship
A Reference Guide for English Studies
Author : Michael J. Marcuse
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520079922
Book Description
This text is an introduction to the full range of standard reference tools in all branches of English studies. More than 10,000 titles are included. The Reference Guide covers all the areas traditionally defined as English studies and all the field of inquiry more recently associated with English studies. British and Irish, American and world literatures written in English are included. Other fields covered are folklore, film, literary theory, general and comparative literature, language and linguistics, rhetoric and composition, bibliography and textual criticism and women's studies.
Literary Culture in Early Modern England, 1630–1700
Author : Ingo Berensmeyer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 311069137X
Book Description
This book explores literary culture in England between 1630 and 1700, focusing on connections between material, epistemic, and political conditions of literary writing and reading. In a number of case studies and close readings, it presents the seventeenth century as a period of change that saw a fundamental shift towards a new cultural configuration: neoclassicism. This shift affected a wide array of social practices and institutions, from poetry to politics and from epistemology to civility.
Books in Motion in Early Modern Europe
Author : Daniel Bellingradt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 37,48 MB
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 3319533665
Book Description
This book presents and explores a challenging new approach in book history. It offers a coherent volume of thirteen chapters in the field of early modern book history covering a wide range of topics and it is written by renowned scholars in the field. The rationale and content of this volume will revitalize the theoretical and methodological debate in book history. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of early modern book history as well as in a range of other disciplines. It offers book historians an innovative methodological approach on the life cycle of books in and outside Europe. It is also highly relevant for social-economic and cultural historians because of the focus on the commercial, legal, spatial, material and social aspects of book culture. Scholars that are interested in the history of science, ideas and news will find several chapters dedicated to the production, circulation and consumption of knowledge and news media.
The Encyclopedia of the Gothic, 2 Volume Set
Author : William Hughes
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1119064600
Book Description
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE GOTHIC “Well written and interesting [it is] a testament to the breadth and depth of knowledge about its central subject among the more than 130 contributing writers, and also among the three editors, each of whom is a significant figure in the field of gothic studies … A reference work that’s firmly rooted in and actively devoted to expressing the current state of academic scholarship about its area.” New York Journal of Books “A substantial achievement.” Reference Reviews Comprehensive and wide-ranging, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic brings together over 200 newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars writing on all aspects of the Gothic as it is currently taught and researched, along with challenging insights into the development of the genre and its impact on contemporary culture. The A-Z entries provide comprehensive coverage of relevant authors, national traditions, critical developments, and notable texts that continue to define, shape, and inform the genre. The volume’s approach is truly interdisciplinary, with essays by specialist international contributors whose expertise extends beyond Gothic literature to film, music, drama, art, and architecture. From Angels and American Gothic to Wilde and Witchcraft, The Encyclopedia of the Gothic is the definitive reference guide to all aspects of this strange and wondrous genre. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature is a comprehensive, scholarly, authoritative, and critical overview of literature and theory comprising individual titles covering key literary genres, periods, and sub-disciplines. Available both in print and online, this groundbreaking resource provides students, teachers, and researchers with cutting-edge scholarship in literature and literary studies.
