Description |
230 pages ; 23 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
pt. 1. Writing and belief: Hume's stylistic emergence -- William Law and the "fiction of behaviour" -- pt. 2. Toward a poetics of conversion: Flight from history to mid-century poetry -- Ambition, conversion, and lyric grace -- pt. 3. Narrative diffusion: Long poem obstructed -- The final novels of Fielding and Richardson -- Conclusion: Literary loneliness and the historical moment. |
Subject |
English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
Subject |
Loneliness in literature.
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Loneliness in literature. |
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Social isolation in literature.
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Social isolation in literature. |
Indexed Term |
English literature, 1700-1800. Special subjects: Solitude - Critical studies |
Subject |
Littérature anglaise -- 18e siècle -- Histoire et critique. |
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Solitude dans la littérature. |
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Isolement social dans la littérature. |
ISBN |
0801414997 |
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9780801414992 |
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