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Eighteenth-Century English Literature

  • Textbook
  • © 1983

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Authors:
  1. Maximillian E. Novak
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Part of the book series: Macmillan History of Literature (HL)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Transitions

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    Pages 1-15

  3. The age of disguise

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    Pages 16-36

  4. The young Alexander Pope and the poetic art

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    Pages 37-53

  5. Sublime nature and corrupt civilisation: the emergence of ‘new’ literary ideals

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    Pages 54-74

  6. Scriblerian satire

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    Pages 75-97

  7. The era of sincerity: mid-century poetry

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    Pages 98-118

  8. Mid-century fiction and drama

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    Pages 119-139

  9. The age of sensibility

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    Pages 140-160

  10. Samuel Johnson: his times and his circle

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    Pages 161-182

  11. The century’s end

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    Pages 183-207

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 208-227
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This study isolates the literary ideals of the eighteenth century, from the development of political satire to the emergence of the gothic novel, noting the rise of the novel as a literary genre and the comparative decline of the genres of the epic and tragedy. The writers are placed in their political, social and cultural context, and a bibliography and chronological table are provided to enable the student to gain a wider view of the subject.

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