Haslett Pope to Burney, 1714-1779

Scriblerians to Bluestockings
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-230-80226-1
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: Transitions

This essential guide defines literature of the eighteenth century as a literature written and received as public conversation. Moyra Haslett discusses and challenges conventional ways of reading the period, particularly in relation to notions of the public sphere. In her wide-ranging study, Haslett reads key texts - including The Dunciad, Gulliver's Travels and Pamela - in their literary and cultural contexts, and examines such genres as the periodical, the familiar letter, the verse epistle and the novel as textual equivalents of coterie culture.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haslett, Moyra

Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor's Preface.- Preface.- Acknowledgements.- PART I: CONVERSATIONAL FORMS.- Introduction: Defining the Eighteenth Century: Public Sphere Conversations.- Literary Communities.- Social/Textual Forms.- Female Communities.- PART II: TEXTUAL CONVERSATIONS.- Introduction.- The Dunciad: Revisioning Literary History.- Gulliver's Travels: Ceding Interpretation.- The Political Controversies of Pamela.- Conclusion.- Chronology.- Key Concepts and Contexts.- Annotated Bibliography.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

MOYRA HASLETT lectures in the School of English at Queen's University, Belfast. Her previous publications include Marxist Literary and Cultural Theories which is also part of the Transitions series.