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The rhetoric of diversion in English literature and culture, 1690-1760
- Title
- The rhetoric of diversion in English literature and culture, 1690-1760 / Darryl P. Domingo (University of Memphis).
- Author
- Domingo, Darryl P.
- Publication
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- ©2016
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 305 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.
- Contents
- "Unbending the mind": introduction by way of diversion -- "The predominant taste of the present age": diversion and the literary market -- "Pleas'd at being so agreeably deceiv'd": pantomime and the poetics of dumb wit -- "Fasten'd by the eyes": popular wonder, print culture, and the exhibition of monstrosity -- "Pleasantry for thy entertainment": novelistic discourse and the rhetoric of diversion -- "The soul of reading": Conclusion by way of animadversion.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-5130
- ISBN
- 9781107145801
- 1107145805
- 1107146275
- 9781107146273
- LCCN
- 2015042968
- OCLC
- 923547302
- Author
- Domingo, Darryl P., author.
- Title
- The rhetoric of diversion in English literature and culture, 1690-1760 / Darryl P. Domingo (University of Memphis).
- Publisher
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700 - 1799
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-5130