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... Smollett we have reached a stage where the novel can stand on its own feet . The author's purposes are no longer deflected by older generic ambitions . From now on , prose fiction will be the catch - all for social criti- cism ...
... Smollett we have reached a stage where the novel can stand on its own feet . The author's purposes are no longer deflected by older generic ambitions . From now on , prose fiction will be the catch - all for social criti- cism ...
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... Smollett being Smollett , this included some vigorous attacks on the authorities at Bath Hospital , notably Bishop Warburton . By 1755 he was ready to issue his translation of Don Quixote , long in the making but received somewhat ...
... Smollett being Smollett , this included some vigorous attacks on the authorities at Bath Hospital , notably Bishop Warburton . By 1755 he was ready to issue his translation of Don Quixote , long in the making but received somewhat ...
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... Smollett points to the future of the novel . His great strength lay in presenting experience , rather than placing or evaluating actions . The old Augustan hierarchies were breaking down ; and Smollett in his tendency to enjoy oddity ...
... Smollett points to the future of the novel . His great strength lay in presenting experience , rather than placing or evaluating actions . The old Augustan hierarchies were breaking down ; and Smollett in his tendency to enjoy oddity ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Landscape of the Age | 5 |
The Shape of Society | 7 |
Copyright | |
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