The prose of things : transformations of description in the eighteenth century

Author / Creator

Wall, Cynthia, 1959-

Available as

Physical

Summary

The author analyses literary works in the contexts of natural science, consumer culture, and philosophical change to show how and why the perception and representation of space in the 18th century ...

The author analyses literary works in the contexts of natural science, consumer culture, and philosophical change to show how and why the perception and representation of space in the 18th century novel, Robinson Crusoe, and other prose narratives became so textually visible.

Show More