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1 online resource (viii, 266 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-261) and index. |
| Contents |
Communal form and the transitional culture of the eighteenth-century novel -- Terra nullius, cannibalism, and the natural law of appropriation in Robinson Crusoe -- Henry Fielding and the common law of plenitude -- Commodity fetishism in heterogeneous spaces -- Ann Radcliffe and the political economy of Gothic space -- Scottish law and Waverley's museum of property. |
| Summary |
"In Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Law of Property, Wolfram Schmidgen draws on legal and economic writings to analyze the descriptions of houses, landscapes, and commodities in eighteenth-century fiction. |
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His study argues that such descriptions are important to the British imagination of community. By making visible what it means to own something, they illuminate how competing concepts of property define the boundaries of the individual, of social. |
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In this way Schmidgen recovers description as a major feature of eighteenth-century prose, and he makes his case across a wide range of authors, including Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, William Blackstone, Adam Smith, and Ann Radcliffe. The book's. |
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This approach produces fresh insights into the relationship between law, literature, and economics."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English fiction -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Law and literature -- History -- 18th century.
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Law and literature. |
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History. |
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Dwellings in literature.
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Dwellings in literature. |
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Landscapes in literature.
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Landscapes in literature. |
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Property in literature.
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Property in literature. |
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Law in literature.
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Law in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1700 - 1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Schmidgen, Wolfram. Eighteenth-century fiction and the law of property. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521817021 (DLC) 2002727281 (OCoLC)50302411 |
| ISBN |
0511042671 (electronic book) |
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9780511042676 (electronic book) |
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0511120877 (electronic book) |
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9780511120879 (electronic book) |
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9780521817028 (hardback) |
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0521817021 (hardback) |
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9780511484483 (electronic book) |
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0511484488 (electronic book) |
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9780511045905 (electronic book) |
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0511045905 (electronic book) |
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0511148305 |
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9780511148309 |
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