Eighteenth-century Genre and Culture

Eighteenth-century Genre and Culture
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Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 0874137594
ISBN-13 : 9780874137590
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Download or read book Eighteenth-century Genre and Culture written by Dennis Todd and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays, including contributions by Paula Backscheider, Martin C. Battestin, and Patricia Meyer Spacks- examines the relationship between history, literary forms, and the cultural contexts of British literature from the late seventeenth to the late eighteenth century. Topics include print culture and the works of Mary, Lady Chudleigh; the politics of early amatory fiction; Susanna Centlivre's use of plot; novels by women between 1760 and 1788; and the connection between gender and narrative form in the criminal biographies of the 1770s.


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