4E Cognition and Eighteenth-Century Fiction: How the Novel Found its Feet
Karin Kukkonen, "4E Cognition and Eighteenth-Century Fiction: How the Novel Found its Feet "
English | ISBN: 0190913045 | 2019 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 15 MB
English | ISBN: 0190913045 | 2019 | 272 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 15 MB
When the novel broke into cultural prominence in the eighteenth century, it became notorious for the gripping, immersive style of its narratives. In this book, Karin Kukkonen explores this phenomenon through the embodied style in Eliza Haywood's flamboyant amatory fiction, Charlotte Lennox's work as a cultural broker between Britain and France, Sarah Fielding's experimental novels, and Frances Burney's practice of life-writing and fiction-writing. Four female authors who are often written out of the history of the genre are here foregrounded in a critical account that emphasizes the importance of engaging readers' minds and bodies, and which invites us to revisit our understanding of the rise of the modern novel.
Kukkonen's innovative theoretical approach is based on the approach of 4E cognition, which views thinking as profoundly
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