A history of eighteenth century British literature 1st Edition by John Richetti ISBN 1119082129 9781119082125

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ISBN 10:   1119082129     
ISBN 13: 978-1119082125
Author:      John J. Richetti

 

A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature is a lively exploration of one of the most diverse and innovative periods in literary history. Capturing the richness and excitement of the era, this book provides extensive coverage of major authors, poets, dramatists, and journalists of the period, such as Dryden, Pope and Swift, while also exploring the works of important writers who have received less attention by modern scholars, such as Matthew Prior and Charles Churchill. Uniquely, the book also discusses noncanonical, working-class writers and demotic works of the era.

During the eighteenth-century, Britain experienced vast social, political, economic, and existential changes, greatly influencing the literary world.  The major forms of verse, poetry, fiction and non-fiction, experimental works, drama, and political prose from writers such as Montagu, Finch, Johnson, Goldsmith and Cowper, are discussed here in relation to their historical context. A History of Eighteenth-Century British Literature is essential reading for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of English literature.

Topics covered include: 

• Verse in the early 18^th century, from Pope, Gay, and Swift to Addison, Defoe, Montagu, and Finch
• Poetry from the mid- to late-century, highlighting the works of Johnson, Gray, Collins, Smart, Goldsmith, and Cowper among others, as well as women and working-class poets
• Prose Fiction in the early and 18^th century, including Behn, Haywood, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett
• The novel past mid-century, including experimental works by Johnson, Sterne, Mackenzie, Walpole, Goldsmith, and Burney
• Non-fiction prose, including political and polemical prose
• 18^th century drama

A history of eighteenth century British literature 1st Table of contents:

1. Verse in the Early Eighteenth Century

• I. Alexander Pope
• II. John Gay
• III. Swift the Poet

2. Verse in the Early Eighteenth Century (Part II)

• I. Matthew Prior and Joseph Addison
• II. Daniel Defoe, Anne Finch, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, James Thomson

3. English Verse, Mid-Century Onwards

• I. Johnson, Gray, Joseph and Thomas Warton, Collins, Smart, Watts
• II. Goldsmith, Churchill, Cowper

4. Eighteenth-Century Verse (Part IV)

5. Prose Fiction in the Early Eighteenth Century

• I. Predecessors: Behn and Haywood
• II. Defoe and Prose Fiction
• III. Swift and Gulliver’s Travels

6. Prose Fiction in the Mid-Eighteenth Century

• I. Richardson
• II. Fielding
• III. Smollett

7. The Novel Past Mid-Century: New Directions and Experiments

• I. Johnson and Sterne
• II. Mackenzie and Walpole
• III. Goldsmith and Burney

8. Non-Fictional Prose (Part I)

• I. An Age of Prose: Familiar Letters (Pope, Swift, Johnson, Walpole)
• II. James Boswell and Edward Gibbon
• III. Social and Moral Prose: The Periodical Essay
• IV. Literary Criticism

9. Non-Fictional Prose (Part II)

• I. Defoe and Swift
• II. Burke, Johnson, Hume

10. Eighteenth-Century Drama

• I. Restoration Re-establishment of the English Theater
• II. Eighteenth-Century Tragedy
• III. Comic Drama in the Eighteenth Century

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