Fables of modernity
literature and culture in the English eighteenth century
Brown, Laura
1949-
creator
text
tu
Ithaca
Cornell University Press
c2001
xii, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
The metropolis : the fable of the city sewer -- Imperial fate : the fable of torrents and oceans -- Finance : the fable of lady credit -- Capitalism : fables of a new world -- Spectacles of cultural contact : the fable of the native prince -- the orangutang, the lap dog, and the parrot : the fable of the nonhuman being.
Laura Brown.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English literature
History and criticism
18th century
Fables, English
History and criticism
Literature and society
History
18th century
Great Britain
Literature and history
History
18th century
Great Britain
Imperialism in literature
Animals in literature
Women in literature
Great Britain
Civilization
18th century
PR448.S64 .B764 2001
820.9/355
0801437563 (alk. paper)
DLC
101102
20140528154117.0
2306