Exemplary England : historical inquiry and literary recompense in Pope, Gray, and Richardson /

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"This book argues that literary genres allow for a more capacious view of eighteenth-century English national identity than overt historical documents, as literature provided authors the freedom to challenge the exemplar model and shift their focus away from the enfranchised privileged few"...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grant, Sarabeth, 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gray, Thomas, > 1716-1771 > Criticism and interpretation.
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761 > Criticism and interpretation.
Gray, Thomas, > 1716-1771.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744.
Richardson, Samuel, > 1689-1761.
1700-1799
National characteristics, England, in literature.
Literature and history > England > History > 18th century.
HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century
Literature and history.
England.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Literary criticism.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: "Such Labor'd Nothings," Rhetorical Showmen, and the Study of History
  • 1. "Another Phoebus, Thy Own Phoebus": Verse Satire and Class in The Dunciad
  • 2. "Their Artless Tale Relate": Pastoral Elegy and Geography in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
  • 3. "She Has Now a Tale to Tell": The Epistolary Novel and Gender in Clarissa
  • Coda: "Building a Monument, or Burying the Dead"
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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