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A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
Paula Backscheider
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Description for A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
Paperback. A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts. * An up-to-date resource for the study of the eighteenth-century novel. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R.; Ingrassia, Catherine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 570 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1006.
A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts.
A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts.
- An up-to-date resource for the study of the eighteenth-century novel
- Furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral context
- Foregrounds those topics of most historical and political relevance to the twenty-first century
- Explores formative influences on the eighteenth-century novel, its engagement with the major issues and philosophies of the period, and its lasting legacy
- Covers both traditional themes, such as narrative authority and ... Read more
- Considers both canonical and non-canonical literature
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
578
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405192453
SKU
V9781405192453
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About Paula Backscheider
Paula R. Backscheider is Philpott-Stevens Eminent Scholar at Auburn University. A former president of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, she is best known as the author of Daniel Defoe: His Life (1989) and Eighteenth-Century Women Poets and Their Poetry (2005), for which she was co-winner of the Modern Language Association Lowell Prize. Catherine Ingrassia is Professor of English ... Read more
Reviews for A Companion to the Eighteenth-Century English Novel and Culture
"A team of two dozen prominent scholars ... .Here report on the state of the art in 18th century novel studies. Nearly all the work is cutting edge, and almost every page challenges conventional wisdom ... .Specialists in the early novel will find this wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated work provocative. Highly recommended." CHOICE “Editors Paula R. Backscheider ... Read more