The economy of character : novels, market culture, and the business of inner meaning /

At the start of the eighteenth century, talk of literary "characters" referred as much to letters and typefaces as it did to persons in books. Yet by the nineteenth century, characters had become companions to their readers, friends with whom readers might spend time and empathize. Althoug...

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Main Author:	Lynch, Deidre.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Subjects:	1700-1899 English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. Characters and characteristics in literature. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism. Literature and society > Great Britain > History. Authors and readers > Great Britain > History. Books and reading > Great Britain > History. Romanticism > Great Britain. Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique. Personnages dans la littérature. Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique. Roman psychologique anglais > Histoire et critique. Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Écrivains et lecteurs > Grande Bretagne > Histoire. Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Romantisme > Grande-Bretagne. Authors and readers. Books and reading. English fiction. Literature and society. Psychological fiction, English. Romanticism. Personages. Romans. Engels. Great Britain. Criticism, interpretation, etc. History.
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