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British it-narratives, 1750–1830
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Blackwell, Mark and Bellamy, Liz and Upton, Christina and Keenleyside, Heather, eds. (2012) British it-narratives, 1750–1830. Pickering & Chatto Publishers. ISBN 9781848931206
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Abstract
It-narratives are prose fictions that take as their central characters animals or inanimate objects. This four-volume reset collection includes numerous examples of narratives in different forms, including short stories, excerpts from novels, periodical fiction and serialized works. While some are told from the perspective of the objects themselves, others use them as hubs around which other characters’ stories are spun. Though similar tales are the basis of many modern children’s books, the earliest eighteenth-century examples addressed an adult audience. Exploring the circulation of objects in an increasingly commercial society they provide an insight into important social and cultural trends. Central to the genre are questions about how humans differ from animals or objects, an important issue for an age haunted by the Atlantic slave trade and capital punishment. These narratives are also of contemporary relevance to our concerns about cyborgs, smart machines, animal rights and ownership of the human genome.
The stories are contextualized by an extensive editorial apparatus including a substantial general introduction, volume introductions, headnotes, endnotes and a consolidated index. The edition will be of value to those studying eighteenth-century and Romantic literature, children’s literature, the history of the novel and material culture.
Item Type: | Book | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Publisher: | Pickering & Chatto Publishers | ||||
ISBN: | 9781848931206 | ||||
Editor: | Blackwell, Mark and Bellamy, Liz and Upton, Christina and Keenleyside, Heather | ||||
Official Date: | April 2012 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 1696 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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