Telling the Time in British Literature, 1675-1830 - Hours of Folly?

This book explores how the essayists, poets, playwrights, and novelists of the long eighteenth century meditated deeply upon the physical form, social functions, and philosophical implications of time-telling objects.

Sommario

Introduction
Chapter 1: Watches
Chapter 2: Pendulums
Chapter 3: Sandglasses
Chapter 4: Sundials
Chapter 5: Flowers
Chapter 6: Bells
Conclusion

Info autore

Marcus Tomalin is Fellow at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. His research focuses on the literature of the long eighteenth century, with a particular emphasis on language and temporality. He is especially interested in the various relationships between natural language, mathematics, philosophy, and literature. His many publications include Linguistics and the Formal Sciences (CUP, 2006), Romanticism and Linguistic Theory: William Hazlitt, Language, and Literature (Palgrave, 2009), "And he knew our language": Missionary Linguistics on the Pacific Northwest Coast (John Benjamins, 2011), and The French Language and British Literature, 1756–1830 (Routledge, 2016).

Riassunto

This book explores how the essayists, poets, playwrights, and novelists of the long eighteenth century meditated deeply upon the physical form, social functions, and philosophical implications of time-telling objects.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marcus Tomalin, Tomalin Marcus
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.04.2020
• EAN: 9780367858575
• ISBN: 978-0-367-85857-5
• Pagine: 210
• Serie: British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; Ireland, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism