Slavery, colonialism, and connoisseurship
Subtitle: gender and eighteenth-century literary transnationalism
By: by Nandini Bhattacharya.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Aldershot , Hants, England; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Colonies in literature; Nationalism in literature; Slavery in literature; Women and literature -- England -- History -- 18th century; Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century; Transnationalism -- England; England -- Civilization -- 18th century
Description: An examination of the concepts of value and taste in eighteenth century literature, focusing on how discourses of value and aesthetics shaped ideas of slavery, trade and connoisseurship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.