Description
Examines the practice and purposes of presenting the small-scale in literature, material culture and theories of cognition.
About the Author
Melinda Alliker Rabb is Professor of English at Brown University, Rhode Island. She is author of Satire and Secrecy in English Literature From 1650-1750 (2007), as well as articles and chapters on a wide range of eighteenth-century topics and writers.
Reviews
'... the book's analysis of small things within the broader contexts of the early eighteenth century is invaluable ... the book reinforces that although the objects it discusses were physically small, they were rich with meaning, history, and interpretative potential. As such, Rabb's sophisticated interrogation of the relationship between small things and big ideas will be of great use to anyone doing work on objects (and their representations) which, due to aesthetic hierarchies and cultural regimes of value, have long been deemed not only small, but insignificant.' Freya Gowrley, The Review of English Studies
'This is a deft, incisive book that produces rich new interpretations of texts, and I recommend it ...' Nicholas Seager, MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW
Book Information
ISBN 9781108444286
Author Melinda Alliker Rabb
Format Paperback
Page Count 253
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 380g
Dimensions(mm) 230mm * 150mm * 15mm