Research Catalog

Title

The reinvention of the world : English writing, 1650-1750 / Douglas Chambers.

Author

Chambers, D. D. C.

Publication

London ; New York : Arnold ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1996.

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Details

Description

x, 218 p. : maps; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Writing in history

Uniform Title

Writing in history

Subject

• 1500-1799
• English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
• Space and time in literature
• English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism
• Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 18th century
• Literature and history > Great Britain > History > 17th century
• Knowledge, Theory of, in literature
• Geography in literature
• English literature
• English literature > Early modern
• Literature and history
• Englisch
• Geschichte Motiv
• Geschichtlichkeit
• Kultur
• Literatur
• Geografie
• Letterkunde
• Engels
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction: Methodically Digested -- 2. The Geographical Part of Knowledge: Mapping and Naming -- 3. Earth's Distant Ends: Travelling and Classifying -- 4. The Garden of the World Erewhile: Husbandry, Pastoral, and Georgic -- 5. Th'Amazed Defenceless Prize: Opening and Enclosing -- 6. Childhood's Tender Shoots: Instructing and Imagining -- 7. Conclusion: The Discourse of Resistance -- 8. Postscript: What We Have Forgotten -- Appendix of Original Documents.

ISBN

• 0340662425
• 9780340662427
• 0340584785
• 9780340584781

LCCN

95036365

OCLC

• ocm33165845
• 33165845
• SCSB-9134147

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library