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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'. According to Bellamy, the peregrinating animals and objects of these narratives represent circulating commodities and thus symbolize alienated commercial society. Demonstrating that Pompey the lapdog rather functions as a gift 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.
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del ; neleposlovje za odrasle
    Leto - 2007
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 36997730