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Comparisons not only prove fundamental in the epistemological foundation of modernity (Foucault, Luhmann), but they fulfil a central function in social life and the production of art. Taking a cue from the Practice Turn in sociology, the contributors are investigating the role of comparative practices in the formation of eighteenth-century literature and culture. The book conceives of social practices of comparing as being entrenched in networks of circulation of bodies, artefacts, discourses, and ideas, and aims to investigate how such practices ordered and changed British literature and culture during the long eighteenth century.

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»Designed and written as clearly as it is, this book will also find its way into teachingthe 18th century. « * Helga Schwalm, Anglistik, 34/3 (2023) * »Designed and written as clearly as it is, this book will also find its way into teachingthe 18th century. « * Helga Schwalm, Anglistik, 34/3 (2023) *

»Designed and written as clearly as it is, this book will also find its way into teachingthe 18th century. « Helga Schwalm, Anglistik, 34/3 (2023)

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Nadine Böhm-Schnitker (PD Dr. phil.), geb. Böhm, lehrt Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaften an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg sowie an der Universität Konstanz. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen neben der Erforschung der Interdependenzen religiöser und kultureller Diskurse insbesondere im Bereich der Erzählliteratur der Gegenwart und des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts.

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