The Antediluvian World; Or, a New Theory of the Earth: Containing a Clear Account of the Form and Constitution of the Terrestrial Globe Before the Universal Deluge; Proving it to be Quite Different from what it is at Present, Etc
Title | The Antediluvian World; Or, a New Theory of the Earth: Containing a Clear Account of the Form and Constitution of the Terrestrial Globe Before the Universal Deluge; Proving it to be Quite Different from what it is at Present, Etc PDF eBook |
Author | Francis WALSH |
Publisher | |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1743 |
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Sotheran's Price Current of Literature
Title | Sotheran's Price Current of Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Sotheran Ltd |
Publisher | |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 1915 |
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Catalogue of Science and Technology, No
Title | Catalogue of Science and Technology, No PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Sotheran Ltd |
Publisher | |
Pages | 866 |
Release | 1922 |
Genre | Booksellers' catalogs |
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Bibliotheca Chemico-mathematica
Title | Bibliotheca Chemico-mathematica PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Sotheran Ltd |
Publisher | |
Pages | 600 |
Release | 1921 |
Genre | Booksellers' catalogs |
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Ruined by Design
Title | Ruined by Design PDF eBook |
Author | Inger Sigrun Brodey |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2013-01-11 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1136095306 |
By examining the motif of ruination in a variety of late-eighteenth-century domains, this book portrays the moral aesthetic of the culture of sensibility in Europe, particularly its negotiation of the demands of tradition and pragmatism alongside utopian longings for authenticity, natural goodness, self-governance, mutual transparency, and instantaneous kinship. This book argues that the rhetoric of ruins lends a distinctive shape to the architecture and literature of the time and requires the novel to adjust notions of authorship and narrative to accommodate the prevailing aesthetic. Just as architects of eighteenth-century follies pretend to have discovered "authentic" ruins, novelists within the culture of sensibility also build purposely fragmented texts and disguise their authorship, invoking highly artificial means of simulating nature. The cultural pursuit of human ruin, however, leads to hypocritical and sadistic extremes that put an end to the characteristic ambivalence of sensibility and its unusual structures.
General catalogue of printed books
Title | General catalogue of printed books PDF eBook |
Author | British museum. Dept. of printed books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1931 |
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Title | General Catalogue of Printed Books PDF eBook |
Author | British Museum. Department of Printed Books |
Publisher | |
Pages | 496 |
Release | 1964 |
Genre | English imprints |
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