Author: William GodwinPublisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Caleb Williams
Author: William GodwinPublisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Caleb Williams
Author: William GodwinReading the Eighteenth-Century Novel
Author: David H. RichterPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118621107
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel is a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815. A range of major works and authors are discussed along with important developments in the genre, and the impact of novels on society at the time. The text begins with a discussion of the “rise of the novel” in the long eighteenth century and various theories about the economic, social, and ideological changes that caused it. Subsequent chapters examine ten particular novels, from Oroonoko and Moll Flanders to Tom Jones and Emma, using each one to introduce and discuss different rhetorical theories of narrative. The way in which books developed and changed during this period, breaking new ground, and influencing later developments is also discussed, along with key themes such as the representation of gender, class, and nationality. The final chapter explores how this literary form became a force for social and ideological change by the end of the period. Written by a highly experienced scholar of English literature, this engaging textbook guides readers through the intricacies of a transformational period for the novel.
Rousseau, Robespierre and English Romanticism
Author: Gregory DartPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521020398
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This book re-opens the question of Rousseau's influence on the French Revolution and on English Romanticism, by examining the relationship between his confessional writings and his political theory. Gregory Dart argues that by looking at the way in which Rousseau's writings were mediated by the speeches and actions of the French Jacobin statesman Maximilien Robespierre, we can gain a clearer and more concrete sense of the legacy he left to English writers. He shows how the writings of William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, William Wordsworth and William Hazlitt rehearse and reflect upon the Jacobin tradition in the aftermath of the French revolutionary Terror.
The Adventures of Caleb Williams Or, Things as They are
Author: William GodwinThings as They Are, Or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Author: William GodwinPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780140432565
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Deals with the misdeeds of Tyrrel, a tyrannical country squire, who comes into conflict with Falkland, a neighbouring squire of a seemingly more benevolent disposition. When Tyrrel knocks Falkland down in public and Tyrrel is later found murdered, suspicion falls on Falkland.
The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Author: William GodwinPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775416496
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 670
Book Description
Caleb Williams is hired as personal secretary to a British Squire, Fernando Falkland. In the course of his work he comes across a terrible secret from the Squire's past, and is sworn to secrecy. Falkland believes in the virtue of the upper classes and the villainy of the lower. He is uneasy in the power of a lowly servant and sets about persecuting Williams, leading to a series of adventures in an early thriller style.
Things as They Are, Or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams
Author: William GodwinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminals
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Author: William Godwin
Author: William Godwin