Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder

Name: Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder
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By Sarah Tindal Kareem

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A footprint materializes mysteriously on a deserted shore; a giant helmet falls from the sky; a traveler awakens to find his horse dangling from a church steeple. Eighteenth-century fiction brims with moments such as these, in which the prosaic rubs up against the marvelous. While it is a truism that the period's literature is distinguished by its realism and air of probability, Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder argues that wonder is integral to--rather than antithetical tothe developing techniques of novelistic fiction. Positioning its reader on the cusp between recognition and estrangement, between faith and doubt, modern fiction hinges upon wonder. Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder unfolds its new account of fiction's rise through surprising readings of classic early novels--from Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe to Jane Austen's Northanger Abbeyand brings to attention lesser-known works, most notably Rudolf Raspe's Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels. In this bold new account, the eighteenth century bears witness not to the world's disenchantment but rather to wonder's relocation from the supernatural realm to the empirical world, providing a reevaluation not only of how we look back at the Enlightenment, but also of how we read today.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 294
Release Date:: 2019-09-27
Publication Date:: 2019-09-27
Publisher:: OXFORD UNIV PR
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 0198833784
ISBN13:: 9780198833789
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 373 g
Height:: 14 cm
Width:: 21.6 cm
Thickness:: 1.6 cm

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