Recent years have witnessed renewed critical interest in the works of Samuel Richardson. This volume brings together a group of well-respected scholars to examine how and why the works of Richardson continue to intrigue us. As a whole, the essays reveal Richardson to be a writer constantly contradicting himself, striving not to be misunderstood. His appeal to deconstructionists, reader-response critics, Marxists, and feminists is analyzed and made comprehensible. Grappling with issues which continue to trouble us, Richardson appears as an artist writing to our historical moment, engaging us in a conversation now joined by the essays in this collection. Offering a variety of critical perspectives, New Essays on Samuel Richardson sheds light on the importance of this writer and reveals his relevance to the modern day.
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On 2 June 1753, Richardson wrote to his Dutch correspondent Johannes Stinstra, answering two letters sent by Stinstra in April. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sir Charles, Samuel Richardson, Samuel Ricbardson, Don Quixote, New York, Clarendon Press, Sarah Fielding, Lady Bradshaigh, Johannes Stinstra, Selected Letters, Margaret Anne Doody, Jane Collier, British Museum, Jocelyn Harris, Anna Howe, Sir William, Cambridge University Press, Lady Davers, Henry Fielding, John Harlowe, Oxford University Press, Sir George, Anna Meades, Cornell University Press, Florian Stuber New!
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perfect romancer, maxim books, pretty little miss, romance heroine, autobiographical letter, prospect view, natural passion Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sir Charles, Samuel Richardson, Samuel Ricbardson, Don Quixote, New York, Clarendon Press, Sarah Fielding, Lady Bradshaigh, Johannes Stinstra, Selected Letters, Margaret Anne Doody, Jane Collier, British Museum, Jocelyn Harris, Anna Howe, Sir William, Cambridge University Press, Lady Davers, Henry Fielding, John Harlowe, Oxford University Press, Sir George, Anna Meades, Cornell University Press, Florian Stuber New!
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- Sir Charles Grandison (World's Classics) by Samuel Richardson on 50 pages
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- Samuel Richardson: A Collection of Critical Essays (20th Century Views) by John Carroll on 11 pages
- Don Quixote (Modern Library Classics) by Miguel de Cervantes on 10 pages
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- Feminist Utopian Discourse in Eighteenth-Century Chinese and English Fiction: A Cross-Cultural Comparison by Qian Ma on 8 pages
- Graphic Design, Print Culture, and the Eighteenth-Century Novel by Janine Barchas on 6 pages
- The Anthology and the Rise of the Novel: From Richardson to George Eliot by Leah Price on 4 pages
- Jane Austen and the Morality of Conversation (Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series) by Bharat Tandon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Law, Sensibility, and the Sublime in Eighteenth-Century Women's Fiction: Speaking of Dread by Susan Chaplin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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