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Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder
Engelsk Paperback
Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder
Engelsk Paperback

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A footprint materializes mysteriously on a deserted shore; a giant helmet falls from the sky; a traveler awakens to find his horse dangling from a church steeple. Eighteenth-century fiction brims with moments such as these, in which the prosaic rubs up against the marvelous. While it is a truism that the period''s literature is distinguished by its realism and air of probability, Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder argues that wonder is integral to--rather than antithetical to—the developing techniques of novelistic fiction. Positioning its reader on the cusp between recognition and estrangement, between faith and doubt, modern fiction hinges upon wonder. Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder unfolds its new account of fiction''s rise through surprising readings of classic early novels--from Daniel Defoe''s Robinson Crusoe to Jane Austen''s Northanger Abbey—and brings to attention lesser-known works, most notably Rudolf Raspe''s Baron Munchausen''s Narrative of His Marvellous Travels. In this bold new account, the eighteenth century bears witness not to the world''s disenchantment but rather to wonder''s relocation from the supernatural realm to the empirical world, providing a reevaluation not only of how we look back at the Enlightenment, but also of how we read today.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9780198833789
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0198833784
Udg. Dato:
1 aug 2019
Længde:
15mm
Bredde:
137mm
Højde:
217mm
Forlag:
Oxford University Press
Oplagsdato:
1 aug 2019
Forfatter(e):
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