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Limited Access: Transport Metaphors and Realism in the British Novel, 1740-1860 by Kyoko Takanashi (review).

  • Published In: Eighteenth-Century Studies, 2024, v. 57, n. 4. P. 576 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Landreth, Sara 3 of 3

Abstract

Kyoko Takanashi's book, "Limited Access: Transport Metaphors and Realism in the British Novel, 1740-1860," explores the role of transportation and communication in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century novels. Takanashi challenges the assumption that novels about travel always promote connectivity, highlighting the gaps and exclusions that can occur within transportation networks. The book examines various modes of transportation, such as stagecoaches and railways, and their metaphorical significance in works by authors like Fielding, Sterne, Dickens, and Thackeray. Takanashi also explores the role of memory and mediation in literary realism. Overall, "Limited Access" offers a nuanced analysis of the relationship between transportation, reading, and meaning-making in British novels of the time period. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Eighteenth-Century Studies. 2024/07, Vol. 57, Issue 4, p576
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0013-2586
  • DOI:10.1353/ecs.2024.a931706
  • Accession Number:178852016
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