The counterhuman imaginary earthquakes, lapdogs, and traveling coinage in eighteenth-century literature / Laura Brown.
| Author/creator | Brown, Laura, 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, [2023] |
| Description | 146 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: the counterhuman imaginary -- Species intimacies: lapdogs and banknotes -- Active matter, vital force: Newton and Defoe -- The uncreation of the human: Pope's Dunciad -- "When time shall end": poetry of the Lisbon earthquake -- Storms and torrents: Swift's "A city shower" and Defoe's The storm -- Coda: just beyond. |
| Abstract | "Studies works by Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, and Alexander Pope, as well as lapdog lyrics, circulation narratives, and the poetry of the Lisbon earthquake to discover the counterintuitive, "counterhuman" forces of the realms of the other-than-human that lie beyond the simple control of the human imagination"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023003313 |
| ISBN | 9781501772559 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9781501773242 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |