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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
John J Richetti |
| ISBN: | 0415009502 9780415009508 0415190304 9780415190305 9780203393079 0203393074 |
| OCLC Number: | 39157427 |
| Description: | x, 290 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Introduction: fiction and society in eighteenth-century Britain -- 2. Amatory fiction: Behn, Manley, Haywood -- 3. Defoe: mapping social totality -- 4. From passion to suffering: Richardson and the transformation of amatory fiction -- 5. Fielding: system and satire -- 6. Smollett: resentment, knowledge, and action -- 7. Women novelists and the transformation of fiction -- 8. Sentimental narrative: philanthropy and fiction. |
| Series Title: | Novel in history. |
| Responsibility: | John Richetti. |
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"Richetti's book offers a well-researched and detailed study of the major trends in 18th-century narrative... This volume will serve graduate students and researchers concerned with... the role of literature as both shaper and reflector of the historical context."<br>-"Choice, September 1999 <br>"This is a good book on an important topic. John Richetti is a sensitive reader of eighteenth-century texts, and each of the chapters has something valuable to offer.."<br>-George Hagerty," CLIO, February, 2000 <br> Read more...
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