Fables of modernity : literature and culture in the English eighteenth century

Publication Data

• Title Fables of modernity : literature and culture in the English eighteenth century
• Author Laura Brown
• Publisher Cornell University Press
• Publication date 2001
• Publication location Ithaca
• Language English

Contents

Contents: The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer
Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans
Finance : the fable of lady credit
Capitalism : fables of a new world
Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince
the orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.

Topics

• English literature :: 18th century :: History and criticism
• Literature and society :: Great Britain :: History :: 18th century
• Literature and history :: Great Britain :: History :: 18th century
• Fables, English :: History and criticism
• Imperialism in literature
• Animals in literature
• Women in literature
• Great Britain :: Civilization :: 18th century
• Great Britain

Fables of modernity : literature and culture in the English eighteenth century by Laura Brown. ISBN 0801437563. Published by Cornell University Press in 2001. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.