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The Politics of Custom in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction

The Politics of Custom in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction

Description

This book argues that representations of popular culture in the eighteenth-century novel served as repositories of traditional social values and played a role in Britain's transition to an imperial state.

Keywords

FictionLiterary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceEuropeanModern18th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & SocialRenaissance

2010Book

Author(s)Scarlet Bowen

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US

ISBN9780230103542

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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