The Poetics of Spice: Romantic Consumerism and the Exotic

by Timothy Morton and Morton Timothy

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This 2000 book considers the literary and cultural significance of spice, and the spice trade, in Romantic literature, shedding new light on the impact of consumerism and capitalist ideology on writers of the period. Timothy Morton demonstrates how the emerging consumer culture was characterized by an ornate, figuratively rich mode of representation which he describes as 'the poetics of spice'. This is the focal point for a probing analysis that addresses...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521026660

ISBN13:9780521026666

Release Date:June 2006

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:300 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature Gothic & Romantic History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Movements & Periods Writing

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