Systems failure : the uses of disorder in English literature / Andrew Franta.
Systems failure : the uses of disorder in English literature / Andrew Franta.
Systems failure : the uses of disorder in English literature / Andrew Franta.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
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G 2019/1510
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 215 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Unconscionable maps -- Life without theory in the Life of Savage -- Sterne and the uses of disorder -- From map to network in Humphry Clinker -- Godwin's handshake -- Jane Austen and the morphology of the marriage plot -- De Quincey's systems.
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Publisher
Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
"Systems Failure is the first book to consider English fiction of the long eighteenth century as a sweeping critique of Enlightenment system-building. It examines literary responses to various schemes of social organization, from Johnson's tracking of urban encounters in the Life of Savage and Sterne's anatomization of interpersonal relationships i...
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Systems failure : the uses of disorder in English literature / Andrew Franta.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/1510
Record Identifier
74VKVBP2Gk23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBP2Gk23
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ISBN
9781421427515 hardcover ; alkaline paper
1421427516 hardcover ; alkaline paper
DDC
820.9355
MMS ID
991024237518802626
