The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825.

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Author:

Brewer, David A.

ISBN:

9780812201437

Personal Author:

Brewer, David A.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

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Material Texts

Contents:

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Cottagers upon the Textual Commons, an Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Invention of the Fictional Archive -- Chapter 2 Visualization, Theatricality, Fame -- Chapter 3 Character Migration, Detachability, Old Friends -- Chapter 4 Lewd Engraftments and the Richardsonian Coterie Public -- Chapter 5 Shandyism and the Club of True Feelers -- Scott's Parental Interest, an Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

Abstract:

In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay of audience and text, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself.

Local Note:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Subject Term:

Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

Characters and characteristics in literature.

English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.

English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.

Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.

Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.

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