The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues : An Introduction.
Title:
The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues : An Introduction.
Author:
Sim, Stuart.
ISBN:
9780748631315
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (225 pages)
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 Articificial Life -- Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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