The self and it : novel objects in eighteenth-century England

Title
  1. The self and it : novel objects in eighteenth-century England / Julie Park.
Published by
  1. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Author
  1. Park, Julie, 1970-

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Description
  1. xxix, 275 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative title
  1. Self & it
Subject
  1. Mimesis in literature
  2. Self in literature
  3. Commercial products in literature
  4. English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
  5. Capitalism and literature > England > History > 18th century
Contents
  1. Introduction : its, parts, wholes, and the eighteenth-century self -- For the pleasure of it : consuming novelty -- "No sex in ethereals" : making the heart and hymen real in Clarissa -- Appearing natural, becoming strange : the self as mimetic object -- Frances Burney's mechanics of coming out -- Puppet life : voice, animation, and Charlotte Charke's Narrative -- Unheimlich maneuvers : enlightenment in the age of psychoanalysis.
Call number
  1. JFE 10-1372
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Author
  1. Park, Julie, 1970-
Title
  1. The self and it : novel objects in eighteenth-century England / Julie Park.
Imprint
  1. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spine title
  1. Self & it
LCCN
  1. 2009005429
ISBN
  1. 9780804756969 (cloth : alk. paper)
  2. 0804756961 (cloth : alk. paper)
Research call number
  1. JFE 10-1372
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