Roads and the eighteenth-century novel : turnpikes : new topographies and changing narratives

The turnpike roads that covered most of Britain between 1720-1820 had a transformative effect on British culture. They altered the experience of mobility, changing the way people moved through the landscape, and this had important consequences for the way the novel developed. The rapid rise of the n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ewers, Christopher David
Other Authors: Brant, Clare Victoria ; McDonagh, Josephine
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.676910