English fiction of the eighteenth century, 1700-1789
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English fiction of the eighteenth century, 1700-1789
（Longman literature in English series）
Longman, 1987
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The novel was a completely new literary development in the eighteenth century. The great variety and individuality of approach made the novel an extremely responsive and versatile vehicle for contemporary social reporting and analysis, and for psychological discovery. This book explores Eigtheenth Century English fiction by focusing on the five major figures who are still widely read today - Defoe, Richardson, Fielding, Sterne and Smollett; it also shows that the 'minor' figures must also be noted for their place in this remarkably prolific period.
Table of Contents
1. The Unstable Genre: Novels and Readers, 1692-1785. 2. Fictional Lives and Realist Fiction: Daniel Defoe. 3. Private Letters and Public Intentions: Samuel Richardson. 4. Forms for Public Art: Henry Fielding. 5. Satire and Romance: Tobias Smollett. 6. A Form for Self-Realization: Laurence Sterne. 7. Transition and Transformation: Society, Sentiment, and the Self in the Novel, 1764-1789. Postscript Chronology General Bibliographies Individual Authors Index
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