The Eighteenth Century - The Context of English Literature (Hardcover)

The aim of this book, originally published in 1978, is to make the reading of literary classics such as Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Jones, The Beggar's Opera and Tristram Shandy an even richer experience by giving them an intelligible place in history. The 'context' is seen not as a vague backcloth, but as a living fabric of ideas and events which animate Augustan literature. The authors cover the achievements of men like Hume, Walpole, Chippendale, Newton and Reynolds, who are often merely names to the literary student, and show how writers were affected by exciting developments in psychology, aesthetics, medicine and other fields. As a whole the book shows this period to have been an active, questing and complex era, whose literary masterpieces emanate from a rich and diverse culture.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: 18th Century Literature
Release date:	2020
First published:	1978
Editors:	Pat Rogers
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-44526-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
LSN:	0-367-44526-3
Barcode:	9780367445263

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