Making the Modern Reader Cultural Mediation in Early Modern Literary Anthologies |
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| Author:
| Benedict, Barbara M. |
| Series title: | Princeton Legacy Library |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-65643-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2018 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $115.00 |
Book Description:
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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
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