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Subject(s)

• English fiction—18th century—History and criticism [Browse]
• Literature and history—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Literature and society—Great Britain—History—18th century [Browse]
• Historical fiction, English—History and criticism [Browse]
• Social change in literature [Browse]

Series

• Novel in history. [More in this series]
• The novel in history

Summary note

The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eigtheenth-century Britain. It traces the social and moral representations of the period in extended readings of the major novelists, as well as evaluatiing the importance of lesser known ones. John Richetti traces the shifting subject matter of the novel, discussing: * scandalous and amatory fictions * criminal narratives of the early part of the century * the more disciplined, realistic, and didactic strain that appears in the 1740's

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Amatory Fiction; 3 Defoe; 4 From Passion To Suffering; 5 Fielding; 6 Smollett; 7 Women Novelists And The Transformation Of Fiction; 8 Sentimental Narrative; Index

ISBN

• 1-134-65642-4
• 1-134-65643-2
• 0-415-19030-4
• 1-280-03600-1
• 0-203-39307-4

OCLC

• 54021305
• 560147555

Doi

• 10.4324/9780203393079

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