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"Bowen makes theories of class relevant to the eighteenth century by understanding them in terms of culture rather than identity. The theoretical and historical gains of this shift are enormous: 'plebian,' 'middling,' and 'patrician' are transformed from static categories into dynamic terms, relational to a concept of English national culture early in the century and responding to radical politics as they change into the nineteenth century." - Kristina Straub, Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies, Carnegie Mellon University
"At last! A book on eighteenth-century fiction that acknowledges and investigates what the novel borrowed from the chapbooks and broadside ballads of customary culture. Bowen shows us how the laboring class popular forms authorized and infused the fledgling novel." - Ruth Perry, Professor of Literature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
About the author
SCARLET BOWEN is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Colorado, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Politics of Custom in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction
Authors: Scarlet Bowen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230111875
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-10354-2Published: 18 October 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28787-1Published: 21 October 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-11187-5Published: 30 August 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 223
Topics: Fiction, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, British and Irish Literature, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Early Modern/Renaissance Literature