Mobility in the English novel from Defoe to Austen /

A lively exploration of the relation between the arrival of the novel, the literary form that uses life-as-a-journey as its master trope, and the transport revolution in eighteenth-century Britain.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ewers, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2018.
Subjects:
1700-1799
English fiction > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Travel in literature.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
Littérature et société > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Voyage dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English fiction
Literature and society
Travel in literature
Great Britain
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Text
  • Introduction: Mobility and the eighteenth-century novel
  • 1. Travelling by sea and land in Robinson Crusoe
  • 2. Tom Jones and the epic of mobility
  • 3. Smollett and the changing landscape of the ramble
  • 4. Sterne and the invention of speed
  • 5. Crash: Sentimental journeys and alternative mobilities
  • 6. Northanger Abbey and Austenâ#x80;#x99;s â#x80;#x98;wandering storyâ#x80;#x99;
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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