Rhetoric of diversion in english literature and culture, 1690–1760, the
Auteur :
Domingo, Darryl P.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781316509456
Date de publication :
20 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,3 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
430 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
A study of how literature of the early eighteenth century represented a newly fashionable life of amusement and diversion. Chapters explore a range of diversionary preoccupations and argue that the devices of digressive wit adopt similar forms and fulfil similar functions in literature as do diversions in eighteenth-century culture.