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Boswell and the Press: Essays on the Ephemeral Writing of James Boswell
by Paul Tankard • Allan Ingram • Nigel Aston • James J. Caudle • Jennifer Preston Wilson • Donald J. Newman • Terry Seymour • Celia BarnesBoswell and the Press is the first sustained examination of James Boswell’s ephemeral writings—his journalism, pamphlets, and broadsides—which, taken together, prove worthy of critical study. These new essays enhance our comprehension of Boswell’s interests and proclivities as an author and refine o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Rewriting Crusoe: The Robinsonade across Languages, Cultures, and Media (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850)
by Robert Mayer • Frederick Burwick • Daniel Cook • Krzysztof Skonieczny • Rivka Swenson • Patrick A. Gill • Przemyslaw Uscinski • Marta Pellerdi • Lora E. Geriguis • Jennifer Preston Wilson • Ian KinanePublished in 1719, Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of those extraordinary literary works whose importance lies not only in the text itself but in its persistently lively afterlife. German author Johann Gottfried Schnabel—who in 1731 penned his own island narrative—coined the term “Robinsonade” to cha... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Laurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey: A Legacy to the World (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture 1650-1850)
by Glynis Ridley • Pat Rogers • Shaun Regan • Paul Goring • Melvyn New • Jennifer Preston Wilson • Julia Banister • Chris Ewers • Alexander Hardie-Forsyth • Fraser Easton • Peter BudrinLaurence Sterne’s A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy continues to be as widely read and admired as upon its first appearance. Deemed more accessible than Sterne’s Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and often assigned as a college text, A Sentimental Journey has received its... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021