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Eighteenth-Century Writers in their World A Mighty Maze

Eighteenth-Century Writers in their World A Mighty Maze

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This comprehensive new study reads both major and lesser-known texts of the period 1700-1750 in their social, cultural, historical and intellectual contexts. Each chapter introduces and discusses a topic, such as travel, science, money and love, and reads a selection of texts in its light. Covering works by Congreve, Defoe, Mrs Manley, Addison, women poets, Swift, Pope, Fielding and Richardson, this is an invaluable and illuminating guide for students of the period.

Keywords

Literary CriticismModern18th CenturyRenaissanceLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & Comparative

1999Book

Author(s)Andrew Varney

PublisherMacmillan Education UK

ISBN9780333679722

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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