{"product_id":"9781684484706-the-secret-life-of-things","title":"The Secret Life of Things","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnimals, Objects, and It-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England\u003cbr\u003eEnriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focuses on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, and advances important work on consumer culture and the theory of things.\u003cbr\u003eEnriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focuses on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, and advances important work on consumer culture and the theory of things. The contributors bring new texts-and new ways of thinking about familiar ones-to our notice. Topics range from period debates about copyright to the complex relationships with object-riddled sentimental fictions, from anti-Semitism in \u003ci\u003eChrysal\u003c\/i\u003e to jingoistic imperialism in \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of a Rupee\u003c\/i\u003e. Essays situate it-narratives in a variety of contexts: changing attitudes toward occult powers, the development of still-life painting, the ethical challenges of pet ownership, the cult of Sterne and the appearance of genre fiction, the emergence of moral-didactic children’s literature, and a better-known tradition of Victorian thing-narratives. Stylistically and thematically consistent, the essays in this collection approach it-narratives from various theoretical and historical vantage points, sketching the cultural biography of a neglected literary form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published by Bucknell University Press.\u003cbr\u003e Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41032339914849,"sku":"9781684484706","price":29.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38263667_89a20763-a6b7-4824-9328-776e007acb67.jpg?v=1763862758","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781684484706-the-secret-life-of-things","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}