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Making Waste

- Leftovers and the Eighteenth-Century Imagination

About Making Waste

Why was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? This book explains how English writers used contemporary theological and philosophical texts about unwanted and leftover matter to explore secular, literary relationships between waste and value.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780691139845
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 216
  • Published:
  • January 16, 2010
  • Dimensions:
  • 161x239x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 454 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 26, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of Making Waste

Why was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? This book explains how English writers used contemporary theological and philosophical texts about unwanted and leftover matter to explore secular, literary relationships between waste and value.

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