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Lupton, Christina (2011) Giving power to the medium : recovering the 1750s. Eighteenth Century, Vol.52 (No.3-4). pp. 289-302. doi:10.1353/ecy.2011.0025 ISSN 1935-0201.
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Abstract
The fiction of the 1750s has two characteristics: a high degree of reflexivity about the practices of reading and writing, and a foregrounding of material objects, including paper and print. This article argues that both forms of self-reference are used to underscore the inability of a reader to intervene in an openly fictional world. This connects the themes of the novels and shorter narratives from this time, as well as connecting them to a vein of entertainment that carries on today.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Eighteenth Century | ||||
Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press | ||||
ISSN: | 1935-0201 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.52 | ||||
Number: | No.3-4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 289-302 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1353/ecy.2011.0025 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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