The Work of Writing
Subtitle: Literature and Social Change in Britain, 1700-1830
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: December 10, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801856969
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary theory; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Great Britain; 18th Century English Literature; Authorship; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 19th century; 18th century; English literature; History and criticism; Social aspects
First sentence: This book is about the changes-sudden and violent as well as slow and impalpable-that haunt the advent of new technologies.