Air's Appearance: Literary Atmosphere in British Fiction, 1660-1794
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- Synopsis
- In "AirOCOs Appearance," Jayne Elizabeth Lewis enlists her readers in pursuit of the elusive concept of atmosphere in literary works. She shows how diverse conceptions of air in the eighteenth century converged in British fiction, producing the modern literary sense of atmosphere and moving novelists to explore the threshold between material and immaterial worlds. a"AirOCOs Appearance "links the emergence of literary atmosphere to changing ideas about air and the earthOCOs atmosphere in natural philosophy, as well as to the eraOCOs theories of the supernatural and fascination with social mannersOCoor, as they are now known, OC airs. OCO Lewis thus offers a striking new interpretation of several standard features of the EnlightenmentOCothe scientific revolution, the decline of magic, character-based sociability, and the rise of the novelOCothat considers them in terms of the romance of air that permeates and connects them. As it explores key episodes in the history of natural philosophy and in major literary works like "Paradise Lost," OC The Rape of the Lock, OCO "Robinson Crusoe," and "The Mysteries of Udolpho," this book promises to change the atmosphere of eighteenth-century studies and the history of the novel.
- Copyright:
- 2012
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780226476711
- Publisher:
- The University of Chicago Press
- Date of Addition:
- 11/09/15
- Copyrighted By:
- The University of Chicago Press
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.