Hyperlocal in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Literary Space
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Aesthetics
Author_Nicholas Birns
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Hyperlocal
Jane Austen
Methodism
Ponds
Romanticism
Space
Spatial Studies
Theatre
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- ISBN 9781498599528
- Weight: 558g
- Dimensions: 165 x 241mm
- Publication Date: 26 Aug 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Nicholas Birns teaches literature at the School of Professional Studies, New York University.
