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Making the Modern Reader: Cultural Mediation in Early Modern Literary Anthologies
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Making the Modern Reader: Cultural Mediation in Early Modern Literary Anthologies
Contributors:
By (Author) Barbara M. Benedict
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
11th February 2019
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Professional and Scholarly
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Cultural studies
Dewey:
028.9094109033
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
264
Dimensions:
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Inquiring into the formation of a literary canon during the Restoration and the eighteenth century, Barbara Benedict poses the question, "Do anthologies reflect or shape contemporary literary taste" She finds that there was a cultural dialectic at work: miscellanies and anthologies transmitted particular tastes while in turn being influenced by th
