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1 online resource (vii, 315 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
The aim of the book is twofold: first, to provide an overview of the critical history of eccentricity; and secondly to conceptualise a notion that is often presented as a defining feature of the English "character". It addresses the key issues raised by eccentricity and brings out interdisciplinary links between science, politics, literature and the arts: the sources and dissemination of the concept of eccentricity; its relationship with the English national character as historical and ideolo ... |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Great Britain.
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Eccentrics and eccentricities. |
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Great Britain. |
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Eccentrics in literature.
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Eccentrics in literature. |
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English literature -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Aymes-Stokes, Sophie.
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Mellet, Laurent.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1443839078 9781443839075 (DLC) 2012518478 |
| ISBN |
1443839450 (electronic book) |
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9781443839457 (electronic book) |
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1443839078 |
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9781443839075 |
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