{"product_id":"eighteenth-century-fiction-and-the-reinvention-sarah-tindal-kareem-9780198833789","title":"Eighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder","description":"A footprint materializes mysteriously on a deserted shore; a giant helmet falls from the sky; a traveler awakens to find his horse dangling from a church steeple. Eighteenth-century fiction brims with moments such as these, in which the prosaic rubs up against the marvelous. While it is a truism that the period's literature is distinguished by its realism and air of probability, \u003cem\u003eEighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e argues that wonder is integral to--rather than antithetical to--the developing techniques of novelistic fiction. Positioning its reader on the cusp between recognition and estrangement, between faith and doubt, modern fiction hinges upon wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eEighteenth-Century Fiction and the Reinvention of Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e unfolds its new account of fiction's rise through surprising readings of classic early novels--from Daniel Defoe's \u003cem\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/em\u003e to Jane Austen's \u003cem\u003eNorthanger Abbey\u003c\/em\u003e--and brings to attention lesser-known works, most notably Rudolf Raspe's \u003cem\u003eBaron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvellous Travels\u003c\/em\u003e. In this bold new account, the eighteenth century bears witness not to the world's disenchantment but rather to wonder's relocation from the supernatural realm to the empirical world, providing a reevaluation not only of how we look back at the Enlightenment, but also of how we read today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sarah Tindal Kareem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198833784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198833789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Sarah Tindal Kareem","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43914250420479,"sku":"9780198833789","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_faa66d93-d2c3-4c68-8934-c353c54b237b.jpg?v=1680641212","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eighteenth-century-fiction-and-the-reinvention-sarah-tindal-kareem-9780198833789","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}