The Portmanteau Papers

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dc.contributor.advisorVan Herk, Aritha
dc.contributor.authorBryan, Dawn Margaret
dc.contributor.committeememberBishop, Edward
dc.contributor.committeememberMayr, Suzette
dc.contributor.committeememberOakleaf, David
dc.contributor.committeememberSmith, Tania
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-09T22:02:35Z
dc.date.available2016-03-09T22:02:35Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractThe Portmanteau Papers is a creative exploration, in novel form, of the social environments, narrative structures, and language that attend the so-called rise of the novel of the eighteenth century. This long-form fiction begins with the prints of William Hogarth, which it investigates as a visual analogue to the narrative patterns employed by period authors. By rereading and recreating selected elements of narrative implicit in Hogarth’s prints, the text of The Portmanteau Papers animates the tensions between modern and period prose forms. In doing so, the novel considers scholarship’s understanding of the on-going relationship between the contemporary novel and its eighteenth-century antecedents. Ultimately, the work argues for a theory of genre that includes the implications of artistic practice in addition to more usual formal or historical-cultural definitions. The story of The Portmanteau Papers explores the varied social and material contexts of eighteenth-century print culture, animating the range of contributions made by printers, booksellers, visual artists, authors, and readers. The Portmanteau Papers also creatively represents the contributions of women authors, especially novelist Sarah Scott, to the development of the novel, extending significant research done in this area over the last thirty years.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBryan, D. M. (2016). The Portmanteau Papers (Doctoral thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28277en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28277
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2859
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectLiterature--Canadian (English)
dc.subjectLiterature--English
dc.subject.classificationCreative Writingen_US
dc.subject.classificationWilliam Hogarthen_US
dc.subject.classificationSarah Scotten_US
dc.subject.classificationArtistic Practiceen_US
dc.subject.classificationEighteenth-Century Print Cultureen_US
dc.subject.classificationNovels by womenen_US
dc.subject.classificationEighteenth-Century Novelsen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory of the Novelen_US
dc.subject.classificationGenre of the Novelen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistorical Fictionen_US
dc.subject.classificationCanadian Novelsen_US
dc.titleThe Portmanteau Papers
dc.typedoctoral thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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