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Author:

Barney, Richard A., 1955-

Title:

Plots of enlightenment : education and the novel in eighteenth-century England / Richard A. Barney.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

xii, 402 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
Education in literature.
Psychological fiction, English--History and criticism.
Didactic fiction, English--History and criticism.
Education--England--History--18th century.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.
Enlightenment--England.
Bildungsroman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-383) and index.

Contents:

Lockean education, narrative metaphor, and the inflections of gender -- Theatrical education and the thickening of plot -- Pedagogical politics and the idea of public privacy -- Robinson Crusoe, education, and schizophrenic narrative -- Romancing the home: The female Quixote, Betsy Thoughtless, and the dream of feminine empire.

ISBN:

9780804729789 (cloth : alk. paper)
0804729786 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40912674

LCCN:

99021524

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)