The Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space
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- 2019
Summary
This book examines literary representations of hyperlocal spaces that subvert the idea of grounded and organic spatial identities. Figures such as the pond, the scientific particle, and Wedgwood creamware often go unnoticed, but they exemplify important shifts in culture and aesthetics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space argues that these objects, as well as locations such as alcoves in remote shires, city inns, and mountain retreats, were portrayed by writers in the late eighteenth and early-to-mid nineteenth centuries as gambits that challenged cultural hegemonies. It shows that the hyperlocal space or object, though particular, reaches beyond itself, affording an elasticity that can allow those things that seem beneath notice to reveal broader cultural significance.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2019
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-4985-9952-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-4985-9953-5
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 239
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- List of Figures No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Chapter One: Introducing the Hyperlocal No access Pages 1 - 22
- Chapter Two: Societies Royal and Representative No access Pages 23 - 44
- Chapter Three: The Pond No access Pages 45 - 70
- Chapter Four: Negative Adjacency No access Pages 71 - 94
- Chapter Five: To Earth Come Down No access Pages 95 - 114
- Chapter Six: The Pit and Boxes No access Pages 115 - 134
- Chapter Seven: A Glass Reversed No access Pages 135 - 144
- Chapter Eight: Lakes, Shores, and Mountain Crags No access Pages 145 - 170
- Chapter Nine: Ravens in Shy Neighborhoods No access Pages 171 - 190
- Chapter Ten: From Monadnock to Jungheera No access Pages 191 - 210
- Conclusion No access Pages 211 - 216
- Bibliography No access Pages 217 - 230
- Index No access Pages 231 - 238
- About the Author No access Pages 239 - 239





