The Prose of Things: Transformations of Description in the Eighteenth Century - Cynthia Sundber Wall - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226871585 - June 15, 2006
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The Prose of Things: Transformations of Description in the Eighteenth Century


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Analyzes 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 eighteenth-century novel and other prose narratives became so textually visible. This title examines maps, scientific publications, country house guides, and auction catalogs.


288 pages, 17 halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 15, 2006
ISBN13 9780226871585
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 288
Dimensions 160 × 236 × 28 mm   ·   654 g
Language English  

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