The British and Anglo-Irish Thing-Essay from 1701 to 2021: Of Broomsticks and Doughnuts

Ranging from satire to sentimental writing, from religion to consumerism, from the French Revolution to Freud and from art to everyday life, the stylistic and thematic broadness of these thing-essays ultimately shows the multifarious connections between human life and materiality.

Daniel Schneider is lecturer of English literature at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and freelance writer. His articles on literary representations of materiality and the literary essay have been published in international edited volumes and journals.