Fables of modernity
Subtitle: literature and culture in the English eighteenth century
By: Laura Brown.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Literature and history -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century; Fables, English -- History and criticism; Imperialism in literature; Animals in literature; Women in literature; Great Britain -- Civilization -- 18th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer; title: Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans; title: Finance : the fable of lady credit; title: Capitalism : fables of a new world; title: Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince; title: the orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.