Title British novelists, 1660-1800 / edited by Martin C. Battestin

Published Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., ©1985

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Description 1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations Series Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 39 Dictionary of literary biography ; v. 39 Contents Part 1 -- Thomas Amory (1691?-1788) -- Penelope Aubin (1685-ca. 1731) -- Robert Bage (1728-1801) -- Jane Barker (1652-1727?) -- William Beckford (1760-1844) -- Aphra Behn (1640?-1689) -- Arthur Blackamore (1679-death date unkown) -- Frances Brooke (1724-1789) -- Henry Brooke (1703?-1783) -- John Bunyan (1628-1688) -- Fanny Burney (1752-1840) -- John Cleland (1710-1789) -- Mary Collyer (1716?-1763?) -- William Congreve (1670-1729) -- Francis Conventry (1725-1754) -- Mary Davys (1674-1732) -- Thomas Day (1748-1789) -- Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) -Henry Fielding (1707-1754) -- Sarah Fielding (1710-1768) -- William Godwin (175601836) -- Oliver Goldsmith (1730 or 1731-1774) -- Richard Graves (1715-1804) -- Elizabeth Griffith (1727?-1793) -- Eliza Haywood (1693?-1756) -- "Sir" John Hill (1714?-1775) -- Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) -- Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821) -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) -- Charles Johnstone (1719?-1800?) -- Harriet (1757-1851) and Sophia Lee (1750-1824) -- Charlotte Lennox (1729 or 1730-1804) -- Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818) Part 2 -- Henry Mackenzie (1745-1831) -- Delariviere Manly (1672?-1724) -- Robert Paltock (1697-1767) -- Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749-1814) -- Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) -- Clara Reeve (1729-1823) -- Samuel Richardson (1689-1761) -- Elizabeth Rowe (1674-1737) -- Sarah Scott (1723-1795) -- John Shebbeare (1709-1788) -- Frances Sheridan (1724-1766) -- Charlotte Smith (1749-1806) -- Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) -- Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) -- Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) -- Horace Walpole (1717-1797) -- Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) -- Novelists on the Novel -- The Author's Apology for His Book (John Bunyan) -- Preface to "Incognita" (William Congreve) -- Preface to "The Secret History, of Quenn Zarah, and the Zarazians" (Delariviere Manley) -- Preface to "The History of Romances" (Pierre Daniel Huet) -- Preface to "Robinson Crusoe" (Daniel Defoe) -- Preface to "The Farther Adventures of Robinson Drusoe" (Daniel Defoe) -- Preface to "Colonel Jack"' (Daniel Defoe) -- Preface to "Moll Flanders" (Daniel Defoe) -- Preface to "Roxanna" (Daniel Defoe) -- Preface to "The Life of Charlotta du Pont" (Penelope Aubin) -- From the Dedication of "Lasselia" (Eliza Haywood) -- From the Dedication of "The Tea-Table" (Eliza Haywood) -- From the Preface to "The Disguis'd Prince" (Eliza Haywood) -- Preface to "The Works of Mrs. Davys" (Mary Davys) -- Preface to the First Ediction of "Pamela" (Samuel Richardson) -- Introductory Letters from the Second Edition of "Pamela" (Samuel Richardson) -- Preface to Volume I of "Clarissa" -- Preface to Volume 3 of "Clarissa " (Samuel Richardson) -- From the Preface to the Third Edition of "Clarissa" (Samuel Richardson) -- Postscript to "Clarissa" (Samuel Richardson) -- Preface to "Joseph Andrews" (Henry Fielding) -- From "The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews" (Henry Fielding) -- Preface to Sarah Fielding's "The Adventures of David Simple" (Henry Fielding) -- From the Preface to Sarah Fielding's " Familiar Letters" (Henry Fielding) -- Review of "Clarissa" from the "Jacobite's Journal" (Henry Fielding) -- Letter to Richardson on "Clarissa" -- From "Tom Jones" (Henry Fielding) -- Defense of "Amelia" in the Covent-Garden Journal (Henry Fielding) -- Preface to "Roderick Random" (Tobias Smollett) -- Dedication to "Ferdinand Count Fathom" (Tobias Smollett) -- Preface to "Ferdinand Count Fathom" (Tobias Smollett) -- Preface to "The Cry" (Sarah Fielding) -- From the "Rambler", no. 4, Saturday, 31 March 1750 (Samuel Johnson) -- Dedication to "The History of Pompey the Little" (Francis Coventry) -- Preface to the First Edition of "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) -- Preface to the Second Edition of "The Castle of Otranto" (Horace Walpole) -- Preface to "The Delicate Distsress" (Elizabeth Griffith) -- Preface to "The Old English Baron" (Clara Reeve) -- From "The Progress of Romance" (Clara Reeve) -- Preface to "Evelina" (Fanny Burney) -- Dedication to "The Wanderer" (Fanny Burney) -- Preface to "Alwyn: (Thomas Holcroft) -- The "Lounger", no. 20, Saturday, 18 June 1785 (Henry Mackenzie) -- Preface to "St. Leon" (William Godwin) Summary Essays on British novelists who were pioneers in establishing the thematic concerns, and creating the form of the classic British novel. Works reflect themes and attitudes of the modern era - unjust social and political constraints; maudlin sentimentality; fascination with thing exotic and horrifying; deepening skepticism about the validity of social, political, and religious institutions on which the old order depends Notes Print version record Subject English fiction -- 18th century -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries English fiction -- 18th century -- Dictionaries English fiction -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries English fiction -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Dictionaries Novelists, English -- 18th century -- Biography -- Dictionaries Novelists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography -- Dictionaries English fiction -- Early modern. English fiction. Novelists, English. Genre/Form Bio-bibliography. Biographies. Dictionaries. Form Electronic book Author Battestin, Martin C. ISBN 0810317176 9780810317178

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