Eighteenth-Century Characters

A Guide to the Literature of the Age

AvElaine M. McGirr

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Eighteenth-Century Characters offers a concise introduction to the eighteenth century, using characters as its starting point. Elaine M. McGirr presents contextualized readings of stock characters from canonical and popular literature, such as:- The rake and the fop- The country gentleman- The good woman- The coquette and the prude - The country maid and the town lady- The Catholic, the Protestant and the British Other.Each chapter explores how a character's significance and role changes over the century, illustrating and explaining radical shifts in taste, ideology and style. Also featuring illustrations, a Chronology and a helpful Bibliography and Further Reading section, this essential guide will provide students with the necessary background to understand the period's literature and to embark on further study.

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Utgivningsdatum:2007-01-25
Mått:138 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:431 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:226
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781403985576

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ELAINE M. McGIRR is Lecturer in English and Drama at Royal Holloway University of London, UK, teaching in both the Department of English and the Department of Drama and Theatre. She has previously taught in the English and History departments at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and was a visiting lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, in 2003-4.

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List of IllustrationsChronologyIntroductionPART I: MEN: THE MAKINGS OF AN ENGLISHMANThe RakeThe FopThe Country GentlemanThe CitPART II: WOMEN: 'MOST WOMEN HAVE NO CHARACTERS AT ALL'The Heroine; or Dwindle into a WifeThe Coquette and the PrudeThe Country Maid and the Town LadyLearned Ladies and Female WitsPART III: OTHERSThe Catholic Other: Monsieurs and MacaronisThe Protestant Other: Low and High DutchThe British Other: The ScotEndnotesPrimary Works CitedBibliography and Further ReadingIndex.