Lamb, Jonathan (1945-....)

The things things say [Texte imprimé] / Jonathan Lamb - Princeton : Princeton University Press, cop. 2011 - 1 vol. (XXIX-275 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm

Bibliogr. p. 253-266

Prologue -- Part 1: Property, personification, and idols: Owning things; the crying of lost things; making babies in the South Seas; the growth of idols; The rape of the lock as still life -- Part 2: Persons and fictions: Locke's wild fancies; fictionality and the representation of persons -- Part 3: Authors and nonpersons: me and my ink; things as authors; authors owning nothing

978-0-691-14806-9

English literature / 18th century / History and criticism Personal belongings in literature Property in literature

820.936