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? (see James Hogg's "Confessions of a Justified Sinner");
what are the justifiable limits of state power? (see William
Godwin's "Caleb Williams"); what dangers lie in wait for us when we
create life artificially? (see Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"). As
Stuart Sim shows, the fictional treatment of these problems
inspires social criticism that has wide public resonance.
The book discusses key authors from Aphra Behn in the late
seventeenth century to James Hogg in the 1820s, covering the 'long'
eighteenth century. It guides readers through the main genres of
the period from Realism, Gothic romance and historical romance to
proto-science fiction and introduces a range of debates around race
relations, anti-social behaviour, family values and born-again
theology as well as the power of the media, surveillance, political
sovereignty and fundamentalist terrorism. Each novel is shown to be
directly relevant to some of the most urgent moral issues of our
own time.
Key Features
* Relates the novels of the eighteenth century to current social
and political debates.
* Accessibly and engagingly written for non-specialists.
* Covers the key authors and texts of the period including
"Robinson Crusoe," "Gulliver's Travels," "Pamela," "Northanger
Abbey," "Tristram Shandy" and "Frankenstein"
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