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Hardback. Condition: New. How eighteenth-century writers stretched systems designed to explain social relations to their breaking point, showing the flaws in their design.The Enlightenment has long been understood-and often understood itself-as an age of systems. In 1759, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, one of the architects of the Encyclopédie, claimed that "the true system of the world has been recognized, developed, and perfected." In Systems Failure, Andrew Franta challenges this view by exploring the fascination with failure and obsession with unpredictable social forces in a range of English authors from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen.Franta argues that attempts to extend the Enlightenment's systematic spirit to the social world prompted many prominent authors to reject the idea that knowledge is synonymous with system. In readings of texts ranging from novels by Sterne, Smollett, Godwin, and Austen to Johnson's literary biographies and De Quincey's periodical essays, Franta shows how writers repeatedly take up civil and cultural institutions designed to rationalize society only to reveal the weaknesses that inevitably undermine their organizational and explanatory power. Diverging from influential accounts of the rise of the novel, Systems Failure audaciously reveals that, in addition to representing individual experience and social reality, the novel was also a vehicle for thinking about how the social world resists attempts to explain or comprehend it. Franta contends that to appreciate the power of systems in the literature of the long eighteenth century, we must pay attention to how often they fail-and how many of them are created for the express purpose of failing. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. …

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Condition: New. Franta redefines Romanticism's contribution to modern conceptions of politics and publicity. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. How eighteenth-century writers stretched systems designed to explain social relations to their breaking point, showing the flaws in their design.The Enlightenment has long been understoodand often understood itselfas an age of systems. In 1759, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, one of the architects of the Encyclopedie, claimed that "the true system of the world has been recognized, developed, and perfected." In Systems Failure, Andrew Franta challenges this view by exploring the fascination with failure and obsession with unpredictable social forces in a range of English authors from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen.Franta argues that attempts to extend the Enlightenment's systematic spirit to the social world prompted many prominent authors to reject the idea that knowledge is synonymous with system. In readings of texts ranging from novels by Sterne, Smollett, Godwin, and Austen to Johnson's literary biographies and De Quincey's periodical essays, Franta shows how writers repeatedly take up civil and cultural institutions designed to rationalize society only to reveal the weaknesses that inevitably undermine their organizational and explanatory power. Diverging from influential accounts of the rise of the novel, Systems Failure audaciously reveals that, in addition to representing individual experience and social reality, the novel was also a vehicle for thinking about how the social world resists attempts to explain or comprehend it. Franta contends that to appreciate the power of systems in the literature of the long eighteenth century, we must pay attention to how often they failand how many of them are created for the express purpose of failing. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. 8vo. Near fine publisher's cloth, clean and square throughout, in a near fine dust wrapper, this with the faintest crease to front panel, no. 68 in the publisher's 'Studies in Romanticism' series; readings of Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Hemans and Tennyson, with close attention to key literary, political and legal debates. viii, 245pp.…

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Condition: New. Franta redefines Romanticism's contribution to modern conceptions of politics and publicity. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

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Gebunden. Condition: New. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life.&Uumlber den AutorAndrew Franta is an associate professor of English at the University of Utah. He is the author of.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. How eighteenth-century writers stretched systems designed to explain social relations to their breaking point, showing the flaws in their design.The Enlightenment has long been understoodand often understood itselfas an age of systems. In 1759, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, one of the architects of the Encyclopedie, claimed that "the true system of the world has been recognized, developed, and perfected." In Systems Failure, Andrew Franta challenges this view by exploring the fascination with failure and obsession with unpredictable social forces in a range of English authors from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen.Franta argues that attempts to extend the Enlightenment's systematic spirit to the social world prompted many prominent authors to reject the idea that knowledge is synonymous with system. In readings of texts ranging from novels by Sterne, Smollett, Godwin, and Austen to Johnson's literary biographies and De Quincey's periodical essays, Franta shows how writers repeatedly take up civil and cultural institutions designed to rationalize society only to reveal the weaknesses that inevitably undermine their organizational and explanatory power. Diverging from influential accounts of the rise of the novel, Systems Failure audaciously reveals that, in addition to representing individual experience and social reality, the novel was also a vehicle for thinking about how the social world resists attempts to explain or comprehend it. Franta contends that to appreciate the power of systems in the literature of the long eighteenth century, we must pay attention to how often they failand how many of them are created for the express purpose of failing. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardback. Condition: New. How eighteenth-century writers stretched systems designed to explain social relations to their breaking point, showing the flaws in their design.The Enlightenment has long been understood-and often understood itself-as an age of systems. In 1759, Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, one of the architects of the Encyclopédie, claimed that "the true system of the world has been recognized, developed, and perfected." In Systems Failure, Andrew Franta challenges this view by exploring the fascination with failure and obsession with unpredictable social forces in a range of English authors from Samuel Johnson to Jane Austen.Franta argues that attempts to extend the Enlightenment's systematic spirit to the social world prompted many prominent authors to reject the idea that knowledge is synonymous with system. In readings of texts ranging from novels by Sterne, Smollett, Godwin, and Austen to Johnson's literary biographies and De Quincey's periodical essays, Franta shows how writers repeatedly take up civil and cultural institutions designed to rationalize society only to reveal the weaknesses that inevitably undermine their organizational and explanatory power. Diverging from influential accounts of the rise of the novel, Systems Failure audaciously reveals that, in addition to representing individual experience and social reality, the novel was also a vehicle for thinking about how the social world resists attempts to explain or comprehend it. Franta contends that to appreciate the power of systems in the literature of the long eighteenth century, we must pay attention to how often they fail-and how many of them are created for the express purpose of failing. In this unraveling, literature arrives at its most penetrating insights about the structure of social life. …

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