{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-character-1726-1825-9780812238648","title":"The Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs how eighteenth-century British readers invented further adventures for beloved characters, including Gulliver, Falstaff, Pamela, and Tristram Shandy. Far from being close-ended and self-contained, the novels and plays in which these characters first appeared were treated by many as merely a starting point, a collective reference perpetually inviting augmentation through an astonishing wealth of unauthorized sequels. Characters became an inexhaustible form of common property, despite their patent authorship. Readers endowed them with value, knowing all the while that others were doing the same and so were collectively forging a new mode of virtual community. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy tracing these practices, David A. Brewer shows how the literary canon emerged as much \"from below\" as out of any of the institutions that have been credited with their invention. Indeed, he reveals the astonishing degree to which authors had to cajole readers into granting them authority over their own creations, authority that seems self-evident to a modern audience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn its innovative methodology and its unprecedented attention to the productive interplay between the audience, the book as a material artifact, and the text as an immaterial entity, \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Character, 1726-1825\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling new approach to eighteenth-century studies, the history of the book, and the very idea of character itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812238648\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid A. Brewer teaches English at The Ohio State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":42992865640563,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":113.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_1bb84726-255e-4d96-a17b-ebce6b29dd2d.jpg?v=1744719454","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-afterlife-of-character-1726-1825-9780812238648","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}