Fictive Domains - Body, Language, and Nostalgia, 1717-1770

The focus of Fictive Domains is the period 1717-1770, during which nostalgia was just beginning to emerge as a cultural concept. Using psychoanalytic, feminist, and materialist theories, this book examines representations of bodies and landscapes in the cultural production of the early- to mid-eighteenth century.

About the author

Judith Broome is assistant professor of English at William Paterson University.

Summary

The focus of Fictive Domains is the period 1717-1770, during which nostalgia was just beginning to emerge as a cultural concept. Using psychoanalytic, feminist, and materialist theories, this book examines representations of bodies and landscapes in the cultural production of the early- to mid-eighteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Broome
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781611482447
• ISBN: 978-1-61148-244-7
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 244 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture; Bucknell Studies 18th C L; Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture; Bucknell Studies 18th C L; Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies