{"product_id":"the-prose-of-things-transformations-of-description-in-the-eighteenth-century-9780226215273","title":"The Prose of Things: Transformations of Description in the Eighteenth Century","description":"Virginia Woolf once commented that the central image in \u003ci\u003eRobinson Crusoe\u003c\/i\u003e is an object-a large earthenware pot. Woolf and other critics pointed out that early modern prose is full of things but bare of setting and description. Explaining how the empty, unvisualized spaces of such writings were transformed into the elaborate landscapes and richly upholstered interiors of the Victorian novel, Cynthia Sundberg Wall argues that the shift involved not just literary representation but an evolution in cultural perception. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Prose of Things, \u003c\/i\u003e Wall analyzes literary works in the contexts of natural science, consumer culture, and philosophical change to show how and why the perception and representation of space in the eighteenth-century novel and other prose narratives became so textually visible. Wall examines maps, scientific publications, country house guides, and auction catalogs to highlight the thickening descriptions of domestic interiors. Considering the prose works of John Bunyan, Samuel Pepys, Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, David Hume, Ann Radcliffe, and Sir Walter Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe Prose of Things\u003c\/i\u003e is the first full account of the historic shift in the art of describing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Sundberg Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226215273","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43857385324681,"sku":"9780226215273","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_3bdc39db-5916-40c5-9138-ec8f6049864e.jpg?v=1744091167","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-prose-of-things-transformations-of-description-in-the-eighteenth-century-9780226215273","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}