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