The Cambridge Companion to the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature
- Editor: John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania
- Date Published: September 1996
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521419086
Hardback
Other available formats:
Paperback, eBook
Looking for an examination copy?
This title is not currently available for examination. However, if you are interested in the title for your course we can consider offering an examination copy. To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching.
-
This multifaceted picture of the British novel in its formative decades provides an indispensable guide for students of the eighteenth-century novel, and its place within the culture of its time. Drawing on new research in social and political history, the twelve contributors to this Companion challenge and refine the traditional view of the novel's origins and purposes. Sentimental and Gothic fiction, and fiction by women, are discussed, alongside detailed readings of work by Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Henry Fielding, Sterne, Smollett and Burney.
Read more- Unique volume offering the only comprehensive and up-to-date discussion for students of eighteenth-century British fiction
- Detailed readings of canonical authors and texts in the contexts of non-canonical texts and social/cultural issues
- Twelve original essays by leading scholars of eighteenth-century fiction and culture
Reviews & endorsements
"...especially persuasive in describing the new scene of writing opended by the novel....All in all, this is an indispensable guide and highly recommended." Choice
Customer reviews
Not yet reviewed
Be the first to review
Review was not posted due to profanity
×Product details
- Date Published: September 1996
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521419086
- length: 300 pages
- dimensions: 236 x 157 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.598kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction John Richetti
2. The novel and social/cultural history J. Paul Hunter
3. Defoe as an innovator of fictional form Max Novak
4. Gulliver's Travels and the contracts of fiction Michael Seidel
5. Samuel Richardson: fiction and knowledge Margaret Anne Doody
6. Henry Fielding Claude Rawson
7. Sterne and irregular rhetoric Jonathan Lamb
8. Smollett's Humphry Clinker Michael Rosenblum
9. The romance in Frances Burney's novels Julia Epstein
10. Women writers and the eighteenth-century novel Jane Spencer
11. Sentimental novels John Mullan
12. Enlightenment, popular culture and Gothic fiction James Carson.
Sorry, this resource is locked
Please register or sign in to request access. If you are having problems accessing these resources please email [email protected]
Register Sign in» Proceed
You are now leaving the Cambridge University Press website. Your eBook purchase and download will be completed by our partner www.ebooks.com. Please see the permission section of the www.ebooks.com catalogue page for details of the print & copy limits on our eBooks.
Continue ×Are you sure you want to delete your account?
This cannot be undone.
Thank you for your feedback which will help us improve our service.
If you requested a response, we will make sure to get back to you shortly.
×