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Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England

Title
Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England / Richard A. Barney.
Author
Barney, Richard A., 1955-
Publication
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1999.

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Description
xii, 402 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Education in literature
  • Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism
  • Didactic fiction, English > History and criticism
  • Education > England > History > 18th century
  • Maturation (Psychology) in literature
  • Knowledge, Theory of, in literature
  • Enlightenment > England
  • Bildungsromans > History and criticism
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-383) and index.
Contents
Lockean education, narrative metaphor, and the inflections of gender -- Theatrical education and the thickening of plot -- Pedagogical politics and the idea of public privacy -- Robinson Crusoe, education, and schizophrenic narrative -- Romancing the home: The female Quixote, Betsy Thoughtless, and the dream of feminine empire.
Call Number
JFD 99-16517
ISBN
0804729786 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
99021524
OCLC
40912674
Author
Barney, Richard A., 1955-
Title
Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England / Richard A. Barney.
Imprint
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1999.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-383) and index.
Research Call Number
JFD 99-16517
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