Fables of modernity : literature and culture in the English eighteenth century /
Laura Brown.
- xii, 273 pages : illustration ; 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.
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Women in literature Kadınlar, Edebiyatta Literature and society--History--Great Britain--18th century Edebiyat ve toplum--Tarih--Büyük Britanya--18. yüzyıl Edebiyat ve tarih--Tarih--Büyük Britanya--18. yüzyıl English literature--History and criticism--18th century Literature and history--History--Great Britain--18th century İngiliz edebiyatı--Tarih ve eleştiri--18. yüzyıl