Reviewed in Review of English Studies (2007)

Henry Power, University of Exeter reviews The Secret Life of Things: Animals, Objects, and It-Narratives in Eighteenth-Century England edited by Mark Blackwell in Review of English Studies, Vol 58, No 237, November 2007.

"Mark Blackwell has assembled a group of lively, provocative, and readable essays. We are lucky to have them. [...] The Secret Life of Things is an erudite and enjoyable guide, well-written and wide-ranging."