Title The afterlife of character, 1726-1825 / David A. Brewer

Published Philadelphia [Pa.] : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations Series Material texts Material texts. Contents Cottagers upon the textual commons, an introduction. The invention of the fictional archive -- Visualization, theatricality, fame -- Character migration, detachability, old friends -- Lewd engraftments and the Richardsonian Coterie public -- Shandyism and the club of true feelers -- Soctt's parental interest, an afterword Summary "The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first appeared were treated by many as merely a starting point, a collective reference perpetually inviting augmentation through an astonishing wealth of unauthorized sequels. Characters became an inexhaustible form of common property, despite their patent authorship. Readers endowed them with value, knowing all the while that others were doing the same and so were collectively forging a new mode of virtual community." "In its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay between the audience, the book as a material artifact, and the text as an immaterial entity, The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825 offers a new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-251) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism Characters and characteristics in literature. Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Intellectual property -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century Authors and readers -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 19th century Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) -- History -- 18th century Sequels (Literature) LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Authors and readers Characters and characteristics in literature English literature Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Intellectual property Sequels (Literature) Literatur Literarische Gestalt Fortleben Rezeption Leser Schrijvers. Lezers. Intellectueel eigendom. Great Britain Großbritannien Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Englisch. Genre/Form Sequels (Literature) Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Sequels (Literature) Form Electronic book LC no. 2004061217 ISBN 9780812201437 0812201434 1283211505 9781283211505 9786613211507 6613211508

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