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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.
Table of Contents
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.
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.
Product details
| Published | 14 Mar 2017 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 302 |
| ISBN | 9780230802261 |
| Imprint | Red Globe Press |
| Series | Transitions |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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