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Gossip, gift and commodity in Francis Coventry's History of Pompey the Little,or The life and adventures of a lap-dog (1751)Vogrinčič Čepič, Ana, 1976-Francis Coventry's History of Pompey the Little represents one of the better known examples of today otherwise neglected eighteenth-century English novels of non human-characters. By pointing at thus ... far unacknowledged dimensions of the text, the article challenges the established reading of the book as put forward by Liz Bellamy in the theory of the 'novels of circulation'. Accordingto Bellamy, the peregrinating animals and objects of these narrativesrepresent circulating commodities and thus symbolize alienated commercial society. Demonstrating that Pompey the lapdog rather functions as agift and a gossip, this essay offers an alternative interpretation which opens up a different perspective on Coventry's representation of society. Following from this, the paper aims at situating Pompey the Little' within broader socio-cultural context of eighteenth-century England, as well as reflects on its place in fiction of the period. As such it advocates socio-historical approaches to literature.Source: ELOPE : English language overseas perspectives and enquiries. - ISSN 1581-8918 (Vol. 4, [no.] 1/2, 2007, str. 107-120)Type of material - article, component part ; adult, seriousPublish date - 2007Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 36997730
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Vogrinčič Čepič, Ana, 1976-
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angleška književnost |
angleška proza |
18 st. |
opravljanje |
potrošništvo |
družabnost |
nečloveški junaki |
English literature |
English fiction |
non-human characters |
commercialism |
sociability |
gossip
source: ELOPE : English language overseas perspectives and enquiries. - ISSN 1581-8918 (Vol. 4, [no.] 1/2, 2007, str. 107-120)
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