Mind over Matter Memory Fiction from Daniel Defoe to Jane Austen【電子書籍】[ Sarah Eron ]

＜p＞How do we understand memory in the early novel? Departing from traditional empiricist conceptualizations of remembering, ＜em＞Mind over Matter＜/em＞ uncovers a social model of memory in Enlightenment fiction that is fluid and evolvingーone that has the capacity to alter personal histories. Memories are not merely imprints of first-hand experience stored in the mind, but composite stories transacted through dialogue and reading.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Through new readings of works by Daniel Defoe, Frances Burney, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, and others, Sarah Eron tracks the fictional qualities of memory as a force that, much like the Romantic imagination, transposes time and alters forms. From Crusoe’s island and Toby’s bowling green to Evelina’s garden and Fanny’s east room, memory can alter, reconstitute, and even overcome the conditions of the physical environment. Memory shapes the process and outcome of the novel’s imaginative world-making, drafting new realities to better endure trauma and cris．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る