From Eternity to Time
Conceptions of Time in Daniel Defoe’s Novels
©2007
Monographs
312 Pages
Summary
This study examines different conceptions of time in Daniel Defoe’s (1660-1731) novels. The temporal aspects of the novels are surveyed, taking into account the historical situation of the novel as a genre and contemporary conceptions of time. The modernisation process of the Western world serves as a wider context of the study, as present research indicates that Defoe’s novels exemplify a multilayered shift from ‘pre-modern’ Western conceptions of time to those of the modern age. The author also explores gendered time and economic and cultural values of time in Defoe’s novels. The book contributes a fresh analysis of Defoe’s novels and demonstrates the crucial relation between historical-cultural conceptions of time and the historically changing genre of the novel.
Details
- Pages
- 312
- Publication Year
- 2007
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783039110445
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- Time and Defoe Calendar Defoe, Daniel Zeit (Motiv) Time Chronology Cyclical History
- Published
- Oxford, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Wien, 2007. 312 pp.
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