Advertising, Subjectivity and the Nineteenth-Century Novel - Dickens, Balzac and the Language of the Walls

Zusatztext 'Thornton has a real gift for detailed, nuanced textual analyses. Shae also shows an impressive ability to draw upon a variety of critical and social theoriests, rangingb from Freud and Benjamin to Agamben and Butler, to add conceptual depth without diverting the argument in tangential or otherwise unproductive directions.' - Nicholas Mason, Associate Professor of English, Brigham Young University, USA, New Books Online 19 Informationen zum Autor SARA THORNTON is Professor of English at the University of Paris 7 Denis-Diderot, France. She studied French literature at the University of London, UK, and at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris before writing her PhD and 'habilitation' on Victorian literature. Publications include David Copperfield: Lectures d'une Oeuvre and Circulation and Transfer of Key Scenes in Nineteenth-century Literature . Klappentext From 1830 to 1870 advertising brought in its wake a new understanding of how the subject read and how language operated. Sara Thornton presents a crucial moment in print culture, the early recognition of what we now call a 'virtual' world, and proposes new readings of key texts by Dickens and Balzac. Zusammenfassung From 1830 to 1870 advertising brought in its wake a new understanding of how the subject read and how language operated. Sara Thornton presents a crucial moment in print culture! the early recognition of what we now call a 'virtual' world! and proposes new readings of key texts by Dickens and Balzac. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgements List of figures Introduction THE LANGUAGE OF THE WALLS: SPACES, PRACTICES, SUBJECTIVITIES Thoroughfares for Inscription Moving Text/Motion Pictures Montage, Mirage and the (Mis)behavior of Language Forms of Subjection The Making of the Subject READING THE DICKENS ADVERTISER: MERGING PARATEXT AND NOVEL The Floating Gaze 'Anti-Bleak House' Gothic Mechanisms of Advertisement and Novel BALZAC'S REVOLUTION OF SIGNS: ADVERTISEMENT AS TEXTUAL PRACTICE The Language of the Paris Walls The becoming virtual of César Birotteau Dissolving Literature: lost illusions or great expectations? Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index...

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• Autori: S Thornton, S. Thornton, Sara Thornton, THORNTON SARA
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2009
• EAN: 9780230008328
• ISBN: 978-0-230-00832-8
• Pagine: 214
• Serie: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture; Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth; Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture; Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; Europa, Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte, B, Literaturwissenschaft: 1800 bis 1900, Cultural History, Social & cultural history, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Civilization—History, European Literature, Literature, Modern—19th century, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Literature—History and criticism, Literary History, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection