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245 14 a| The afterlife of enclosureh| [electronic resource] :b| British realism, character, and the commons /c| Carolyn Lesjak.;

260 a| Stanford, California :b| Stanford University Press,c| [2021];

300 a| 241 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : realism and the commons -- The persistence of the commons, the persistence of enclosure -- Dickensian types and a culture of the commons -- Eliot, cosmopolitanism, and the commons -- The typical and the tragic in Hardy's geopolitical commons -- Afterword : old and new enclosures;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The bold challenge at the heart of this study is to renew our understanding of realist literature, not as stale, outdated, or even dead, but as witness to the "slow violence" of material and environmental dispossession and as bearer of radical, utopian energies. The three realist writers who are the focus of this study-Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy-each trace a series of figurations of the common in the wake of the physical or literal commons' destruction, endowing both the historical trauma that was enclosure and the utopian spirit that the commons embodied with an afterlife, one that reveals a radical politics at the heart of these most canonical writers' works"--c| Provided by publisher.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

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The afterlife of enclosure British realism, character, and the commons / Carolyn Lesjak.

Author/creator	Lesjak, Carolyn, 1963-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Description	241 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870--Criticism and interpretation. Eliot, George, 1819-1880--Criticism and interpretation. Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928--Criticism and interpretation. English fiction--19th century. --History and criticism. Commons in literature. Inclosures in literature. Working class in literature. Realism in literature.

Contents	Introduction : realism and the commons -- The persistence of the commons, the persistence of enclosure -- Dickensian types and a culture of the commons -- Eliot, cosmopolitanism, and the commons -- The typical and the tragic in Hardy's geopolitical commons -- Afterword : old and new enclosures
Abstract	"The bold challenge at the heart of this study is to renew our understanding of realist literature, not as stale, outdated, or even dead, but as witness to the "slow violence" of material and environmental dispossession and as bearer of radical, utopian energies. The three realist writers who are the focus of this study-Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy-each trace a series of figurations of the common in the wake of the physical or literal commons' destruction, endowing both the historical trauma that was enclosure and the utopian spirit that the commons embodied with an afterlife, one that reveals a radical politics at the heart of these most canonical writers' works"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-226) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020035328
ISBN	9781503615083 (cloth ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	9781503627819 (paperback ; acid-free paper)
ISBN	(epub)

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