{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-things-mark-blackwell-9781684484706","title":"The Secret Life of Things: Animals, Objects, and It-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England","description":"Enriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focuses on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, and advances important work on consumer culture and the theory of things. The contributors bring new texts--and new ways of thinking about familiar ones--to our notice. Topics range from period debates about copyright to the complex relationships with object-riddled sentimental fictions, from anti-Semitism in \u003ci\u003eChrysal\u003c\/i\u003e to jingoistic imperialism in \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of a Rupee\u003c\/i\u003e. Essays situate it-narratives in a variety of contexts: changing attitudes toward occult powers, the development of still-life painting, the ethical challenges of pet ownership, the cult of Sterne and the appearance of genre fiction, the emergence of moral-didactic children's literature, and a better-known tradition of Victorian thing-narratives. Stylistically and thematically consistent, the essays in this collection approach it-narratives from various theoretical and historical vantage points, sketching the cultural biography of a neglected literary form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by Bucknell University Press. \u003cbr\u003e Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684484707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684484706\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.94d","brand":"Mark Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44069973360895,"sku":"9781684484706","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cf797ee1-5589-47ea-9643-91780f3a81a3.jpg?v=1685427598","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-secret-life-of-things-mark-blackwell-9781684484706","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}