The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues
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The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues

An Introduction

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eBook - PDF

The Eighteenth-Century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues

An Introduction

About this book

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? What are the justifiable limits of state power? What dangers lie in wait for us when we create life artificially?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. It also 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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Information

Publisher
EUP
Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9780748631315
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
English Literary Criticism
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations
  7. Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design
  8. Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference
  9. Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence
  10. Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour
  11. Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture
  12. Chapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance
  13. Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values
  14. Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society
  15. Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty
  16. Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Articificial Life
  17. Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism
  18. Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography
  21. Index