Mind Over Matter: Memory Fiction from Daniel Defoe to Jane Austen

by Sarah Eron

How do we understand memory in the early novel? Departing from traditional empiricist conceptualizations of remembering, Mind over Matter uncovers a social model of memory in Enlightenment fiction that is fluid and evolving--one that has the capacity to alter personal histories. Memories are not merely imprints of first-hand experience stored in the mind, but composite stories transacted through dialogue and reading.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813945666
• ISBN13: 9780813945668
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"