The Work of Writing
Subtitle: Literature and Social Change in Britain, 1700-1830
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 4, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801862847
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: 19th century; Social history; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; English; Literature: Classics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Books & Reading
First sentence: This book is about the changes-sudden and violent as well as slow and impalpable-that haunt the advent of new technologies.