The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 / / David A. Brewer.
The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first...
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Brewer, David A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 / David A. Brewer. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2011] ©2005 1 online resource (272 p.) : 14 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Material Texts Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cottagers upon the Textual Commons, an Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Invention of the Fictional Archive -- Chapter 2. Visualization, Theatricality, Fame -- Chapter 3. Character Migration, Detachability, Old Friends -- Chapter 4. Lewd Engraftments and the Richardsonian Coterie Public -- Chapter 5. Shandyism and the Club of True Feelers -- Scott's Parental Interest, an Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first appeared were treated by many as merely a starting point, a collective reference perpetually inviting augmentation through an astonishing wealth of unauthorized sequels. Characters became an inexhaustible form of common property, despite their patent authorship. Readers endowed them with value, knowing all the while that others were doing the same and so were collectively forging a new mode of virtual community.By tracing these practices, David A. Brewer shows how the literary canon emerged as much "from below" as out of any of the institutions that have been credited with their invention. Indeed, he reveals the astonishing degree to which authors had to cajole readers into granting them authority over their own creations, authority that seems self-evident to a modern audience.In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay between the audience, the book as a material artifact, and the text as an immaterial entity, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2022) Characters and characteristics in literature. English literature 18th century History and criticism. Intellectual property Great Britain History 18th century. Intellectual property Great Britain History 19th century. Cultural Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. bisacsh Literature. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection 9783110413458 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook-Package Literature 9783110413540 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783110459548 print 9780812238648 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812201437 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812201437 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780812201437/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cottagers upon the Textual Commons, an Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Invention of the Fictional Archive -- Chapter 2. Visualization, Theatricality, Fame -- Chapter 3. Character Migration, Detachability, Old Friends -- Chapter 4. Lewd Engraftments and the Richardsonian Coterie Public -- Chapter 5. Shandyism and the Club of True Feelers -- Scott's Parental Interest, an Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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