| British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, 1740-1830 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Burgess, Miranda J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521023335 ISBN-13: 9780521023337 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: In British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, Miranda Burgess examines what Romantic-period writers called "romance." Reading a broad range of fictional and nonfictional works published between 1740 and 1830, Burgess places authors such as Richardson, Scott, Austen and Wollstonecraft in a new economic, social, and cultural context. She argues that the romance held a key role in remaking the national order of a Britain dependent on ideologies of human nature for justification of its social, economic, and political systems. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 823.609 |
| LCCN: 99086370 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 324 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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| Publisher Description: In British Fiction and the Production of Social Order, Miranda Burgess examines what Romantic-period writers called romance. Reading a broad range of fictional and nonfictional works published between 1740 and 1830, Burgess places authors such as Richardson, Scott, Austen and Wollstonecraft in a new economic, social, and cultural context. She argues that the romance held a key role in remaking the national order of a Britain dependent on ideologies of human nature for justification of its social, economic, and political systems. |