Comparative Practices - Literature, Language, and Culture in Britain's Long Eighteenth Century

Nadine Böhm-schnitker, Marcus Hartner

ISBN 10: 383765799X / ISBN 13: 9783837657999

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2023

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Comparisons not only prove fundamental in the epistemological foundation of modernity (Foucault, Luhmann), but they fulfil a central function in social life and the production of art. Taking a cue from the Practice Turn in sociology, the contributors are investigating the role of comparative practices in the formation of eighteenth-century literature and culture. The book conceives of social practices of comparing as being entrenched in networks of circulation of bodies, artefacts, discourses, and ideas, and aims to investigate how such practices ordered and changed British literature and culture during the long eighteenth century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Comparative Practices - Literature, Language, and Culture in Britain's Long Eighteenth Century
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 383765799X
• ISBN 13: 9783837657999
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 666 grams

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Synopsis

Comparisons not only prove fundamental in the epistemological foundation of modernity (Foucault, Luhmann), but they fulfil a central function in social life and the production of art. Taking a cue from the Practice Turn in sociology, the contributors are investigating the role of comparative practices in the formation of eighteenth-century literature and culture. The book conceives of social practices of comparing as being entrenched in networks of circulation of bodies, artefacts, discourses and ideas, and aims to investigate how such practices ordered and changed British literature and culture during the long eighteenth century.

About the Author

Nadine Böhm-Schnitker (PD Dr. phil.), geb. Böhm, lehrt Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg sowie an der Universität Konstanz. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen neben der Erforschung der Interdependenzen religiöser und kultureller Diskurse insbesondere im Bereich der Erzählliteratur der Gegenwart und des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts.