The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues : an introduction / Stuart Sim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sim, Stuart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.

English fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

18th century novel and contemporary social issues

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Eighteenth-century authors grappled with very similar problems to the ones we face today such as: what motivates a fundamentalist terrorist? What are the justifiable limits of state power? What dangers lie in wait for us when we create life artificially? The book discusses key authors from Aphra Behn in the late seventeenth century to James Hogg in the 1820's, covering the 'long' eighteenth century. It guides readers through the main genres of the period from Realism, Gothic roma

Contents:

COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations; Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design; Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference; Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence; Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour; Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture

Chapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values; Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society; Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty; Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life; Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.

ISBN:

9786611357627

9781281357625

1281357626

9780748631315

0748631313

OCLC:

254163698