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Wordsworth, commodification and social concern : the poetics of modernity
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- Creator
- David Simpson
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- viii, 278 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 0521898773, 9780521898775, 9780511576126, 9781107403086
- OCLC
- ocn237884257
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-273) and index.
- Introduction. The ghost and the machine: spectral modernity -- 1. At the limits of sympathy -- 2. At home with homelessness -- 3. Figures in the mist -- 4. Timing modernity: around 1800 -- 5. The ghostliness of things -- 6. Living images, still lives -- 7. The scene of reading
Subjects
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Knowledge -- Social conditions.
- Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 -- Political and social views.
- Social history in literature.
- Social change in literature.
- Literature and society -- England -- History -- 19th century.
- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.