Telling time : clocks, diaries, and English diurnal form, 1660-1785 /

Telling time : clocks, diaries, and English diurnal form, 1660-1785 /

"A revolution in clock technology in England during the 1660s allowed people to measure time more accurately, attend to it more minutely, and possess it more privately than previously imaginable. In Telling Time, Stuart Sherman argues that innovations in prose emerged simultaneously with this t...

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Huvudupphovsman: Sherman, Stuart, 1953- (Författare, medförfattare)
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad:Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 1996.
Ämnen:
English prose literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
English prose literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Travelers' writings, English > History and criticism.
Literature and technology > Great Britain > History.
Literature and society > England > History.
English diaries > History and criticism.
Clocks and watches > England > History.
Literary form > History > 18th century.
Literary form > History > 17th century.
Journalism > England > History.
Time measurements > History.
Travel writing > History.
Time in literature.
Literature and technology > England > History.
Literary form.

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Signum: PR769 .S53 1996
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