No island is an island
four glances at English literature in a world perspective
by Carlo Ginzburg
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"In No Island Is an Island, an internationally renowned historian approaches four works of English literature from unexpected angles. Following in the footsteps of a sixteenth-century Spanish bishop we gain a fresh view of Thomas More's Utopia. Comparing Bayle's Dictionary with Tristram Shandy we suddenly enter into Laurence Sterne's mind. A seemingly narrow dispute among Elizabethan critics for and against rhyme turns into an early debate on English national identity.
Robert Louis Stevenson's story "The Bottle Imp" throws a new light on Bronislaw Malinowsky's attempts to discover meaning in the "kula" trading system among the Trobriand Islanders. Throughout, Ginsburg's inquiry is informed by his unique microhistorical sensibility, his attention to minute detail, and his extraordinary synthesizing imagination."--BOOK JACKET.
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History and criticism, Literature and anthropology, Utopias, English literature, Influence, Difference (Psychology) in literature, Identity (Psychology) in literature, Letterkunde, Early modern, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Engels, Utopia (More, Thomas, Saint), Life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman (Sterne, Laurence), English literature, history and criticism, Irish literature, history and criticism, Scottish literature, history and criticism, Welsh literature, history and criticism, Utopias in literaturePeople
Thomas More Sir, Saint (1478-1535), Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)Places
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No island is an island: four glances at English literature in a world perspective
2000, Columbia University Press
in English
0231116284 9780231116282
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