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The Modern Language Quarterly
Modern Quarterly of Language and Literature
Desire and Domestic Fiction
Author: Nancy Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990-02-22
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 0199879036
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Desire and Domestic Fiction argues that far from being removed from historical events, novels by writers from Richardson to Woolf were themselves agents of the rise of the middle class. Drawing on texts that range from 18th-century female conduct books and contract theory to modern psychoanalytic case histories and theories of reading, Armstrong shows that the emergence of a particular form of female subjectivity capable of reigning over the household paved the way for the establishment of institutions which today are accepted centers of political power. Neither passive subjects nor embattled rebels, the middle-class women who were authors and subjects of the major tradition of British fiction were among the forgers of a new form of power that worked in, and through, their writing to replace prevailing notions of "identity" with a gender-determined subjectivity. Examining the works of such novelists as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and the Brontës, she reveals the ways in which these authors rewrite the domestic practices and sexual relations of the past to create the historical context through which modern institutional power would seem not only natural but also humane, and therefore to be desired.
The Modern Quarterly of Language and Literature, 1898-1899, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: H. Frank Heath
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-18
Total Pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9780265462362
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Modern Quarterly of Language and Literature, 1898-1899, Vol. 1 Yonder social mill does not always rub the angles down, or merge in form and gloss the picturesque of man and man. In the name of the younger English scholars, and many older ones, we send this birthday greeting to our veteran friend. It is a message of sincere, grateful and whole hearted affectionate regard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Everything and Less
Author: Mark McGurl
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: 2021-10-19
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 183976385X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Best Book of Fall (Esquire) and a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 (Lit Hub) What Has Happened to Fiction in the Age of Platform Capitalism? Since it was first launched in 1994, Amazon has changed the world of literature. The “Everything Store” has not just transformed how we buy books; it has affected what we buy, and even what we read. In Everything and Less, acclaimed critic Mark McGurl explores this new world where writing is no longer categorized as high or lowbrow, literature or popular fiction. Charting a course spanning from Henry James to E. L. James, McGurl shows that contemporary writing has less to do with writing per se than with the manner of its distribution. This consumerist logic—if you like this, you might also like ...—has reorganized the fiction universe so that literary prize-winners sit alongside fantasy, romance, fan fiction, and the infinite list of hybrid genres and self-published works. This is an innovation to be cautiously celebrated. Amazon’s platform is not just a retail juggernaut but an aesthetic experiment driven by an unseen algorithm rivaling in the depths of its effects any major cultural shift in history. Here all fiction is genre fiction, and the niches range from the categories of crime and science fiction to the more refined interests of Adult Baby Diaper Lover erotica. Everything and Less is a hilarious and insightful map of both the commanding heights and sordid depths of fiction, past and present, that opens up an arresting conversation about why it is we read and write fiction in the first place.
Beowulf
Author: Charles William Kennedy
Publisher: New York ; London [etc.] : Oxford University Press
Published: 1940
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780195024357
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A lengthy introduction discussing historical background accompanies the poem about the monster slayer Beowulf.
The Modern Language Review; A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Medieval and Modern Literature and Philology (Volume IV)
Author: John G Robertson
Publisher:
Published: 2020-10-10
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9789354178658
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
When Novels Were Books
Author: Jordan Alexander Stein
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 0674987047
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The novel was born religious, alongside Protestant texts produced in the same format by the same publishers. Novels borrowed features of these texts but over the years distinguished themselves, becoming the genre we know today. Jordan Alexander Stein traces this history, showing how the physical object of the book shaped the stories it contained.
The Modern Language Review; A Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Medieval and Modern Literature and Philology (Volume XVI)
Author: J. G. Robertson
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 848
ISBN-13: 9789354035722
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
