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- catalog abstract ""Fables of Modernity expands the territory for cultural and literary criticism by introducing the concept of the cultural fable. Laura Brown shows how cultural fables arise from material practices in eighteenth-century England. These fables, the author says, reveal the eighteenth-century origins of modernity and its connection with two related paradigms of difference - the woman and the "native" or non-European." "The collective narratives that Brown finds in the print culture of the period engage such prominent phenomena as the city sewer, trade and shipping, the stock market, the commerical printing industry, the "native" visitor to London, and the household pet. In connecting imagination and history through the category of the cultural fable, Brown illuminates the nature of modern experience in the growing metropolitan centers, the national consequences of global expansion, the volatility of credit, the transforming effects of capital, and the domestic consequences of colonialism and slavery."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12220567.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Fables of Modernity expands the territory for cultural and literary criticism by introducing the concept of the cultural fable. Laura Brown shows how cultural fables arise from material practices in eighteenth-century England. These fables, the author says, reveal the eighteenth-century origins of modernity and its connection with two related paradigms of difference - the woman and the "native" or non-European."".
- catalog description ""The collective narratives that Brown finds in the print culture of the period engage such prominent phenomena as the city sewer, trade and shipping, the stock market, the commerical printing industry, the "native" visitor to London, and the household pet. In connecting imagination and history through the category of the cultural fable, Brown illuminates the nature of modern experience in the growing metropolitan centers, the national consequences of global expansion, the volatility of credit, the transforming effects of capital, and the domestic consequences of colonialism and slavery."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : the cultural fable, the experience of modernity, and the paradigm of difference -- The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer -- Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans -- Finance : the fable of lady credit -- Capitalism : fables of a new world -- Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince -- The orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.".
- catalog extent "xii, 273 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fables of modernity.".
- catalog identifier "0801437563 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fables of modernity.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ithaca : Cornell University Press,".
- catalog relation "Fables of modernity.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Civilization 18th century.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "820.9/355 21".
- catalog subject "Animals in literature.".
- catalog subject "English literature 18th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Fables, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Imperialism in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literature and history Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Literature and society Great Britain History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "PR448.S64 B764 2001".
- catalog subject "Women in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : the cultural fable, the experience of modernity, and the paradigm of difference -- The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer -- Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans -- Finance : the fable of lady credit -- Capitalism : fables of a new world -- Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince -- The orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.".
- catalog title "Fables of modernity : literature and culture in the English eighteenth century / Laura Brown.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".