Handbook of the British Novel in the Long Eighteenth Century

Published by De Gruyter 2022

Handbook of the British Novel in the Long Eighteenth Century

Edited by: Katrin Berndt and Alessa Johns

Volume 16 in the series Handbooks of English and American Studies

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110650440

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About this book

The handbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the British novel in the long eighteenth century, when this genre emerged to develop into the period’s most versatile and popular literary form. Part I features six systematic chapters that discuss literary, intellectual, socio-economic, and political contexts, providing innovative approaches to issues such as sense and sentiment, gender considerations, formal characteristics, economic history, enlightened and radical concepts of citizenship and human rights, ecological ramifications, and Britain’s growing global involvement. Part II presents twenty-five analytical chapters that attend to individual novels, some canonical and others recently recovered. These analyses engage the debates outlined in the systematic chapters, undertaking in-depth readings that both contextualize the works and draw on relevant criticism, literary theory, and cultural perspectives. The handbook’s breadth and depth, clear presentation, and lucid language make it attractive and accessible to scholar and student alike.

Author / Editor information

Katrin Berndt, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany; Alessa Johns, University of California, Davis, USA.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Editors’ Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Katrin Berndt and Alessa Johns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Systematic Questions
1 The Novel and Liberty: Individual Freedom and Civic Order Ina Schabert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
2 The Novel and Sense(s): Reason, Sentiment, and Subjectivity Christoph Houswitschka Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
3 The Novel and Intimacy: Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Readings Katherine Binhammer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
4 The Novel and Cultural Encounters: Colonialism, Cosmopolitanism, and the Other Pilar Cuder-Domínguez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
5 The Novel and the Literary Marketplace: Print Culture, Popular Reading, and an Emerging British Canon Natalie Roxburgh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6 The Novel and the Environment: Nature, Cultivation, and Alien Ecologies Robert Markley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part II: Close Readings
7 Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, or The Royal Slave (1688) Christiane Hansen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
8 Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe Trilogy (1719‒1720) Katrin Röder Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
9 Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels (1726) Nicholas Seager Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
10 Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, or The History of a Young Lady (1747–1748) Nicole Garret Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
11 Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1749) Brigitte Johanna Glaser Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
12 Eliza Haywood, The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless (1751) Aleksondra Hultquist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
13 Robert Paltock, The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins (1751) Jakub Lipski Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
14 Charlotte Lennox, The Female Quixote (1752) Susan Carlile Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
15 Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759) Tobias Menely Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
16 Sarah Scott, Millenium Hall (1762) Nicole Pohl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
17 Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759–1767) Jens Martin Gurr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
18 Frances Brooke, The History of Emily Montague (1769) Paul D. Morris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
19 Henry Mackenzie, The Man of Feeling (1771) Alexandra Ileana Bacalu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
20 Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (1771) Susanne Schmid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
21 Frances Burney, Evelina (1778) Eve Tavor Bannet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
22 Phebe Gibbes, Hartly House, Calcutta (1789) Norbert Schürer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
23 Ann Radcliffe, The Romance of the Forest (1791) Monika Class Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417
24 Charlotte Smith, Desmond (1792) Jo-Ellen DeLucia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	435
25 Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman (1798) Jennifer S. Henke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	449
26 William Earle, Obi; or The History of Three-Fingered Jack (1800) Elizabeth A. Bohls Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	467
27 Anonymous, The Woman of Colour; A Tale (1808) Victoria Barnett-Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	483
28 Maria Edgeworth, Ormond (1817) Katharina Rennhak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	499
29 Sir Walter Scott, Rob Roy (1817; revised 1829–1830) Alan Riach Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	519
30 Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (1818) Daniel Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	539
31 Jane Austen, Persuasion (1818) Olivia Murphy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	557
Index of Names Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	575
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	583
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	595

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Researchers, students.
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 596
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 1
Keywords: Literature; Prose fiction; Enlightenment; Romanticism

eBook

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110650440

Hardcover

Published: July 18, 2022
ISBN: 9783110649765