The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues : an introduction

The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues : an introduction / Stuart Sim.

This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Eighteenth-century authors grappled with very similar problems to the ones we face today such as: what motivates a fundamentalist terrorist? What are the justifiable limits of state p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sim, Stuart
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Mystery & Detective.
English literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Oroonoko, or, the history of the royal slave and race relations
  • The life and strange suprizing adventures of Robinson Crusoe, born-again theology and intelligent design
  • Gulliver's travels, multiculturalism and cultural difference
  • Pamela; or, virtue rewarded and sexual abstinence
  • The history of Tom Jones, a foundling and anti-social behavior
  • The female Quixote; or, the adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: the power of media and popular culture
  • The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, gentleman and genetic inheritance
  • The mysteries of Udolpho, a romance and family values
  • Caleb Williams, or, things as they are and the surveillance society
  • Waverley, or, 'tis sixty years since and disputed sovereignty
  • Frankenstein, or, the modern Prometheus and artificial life
  • The private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner and fundamentalist terrorism.

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