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Dickens and the sentimental tradition : Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Lamb
- Title
- Dickens and the sentimental tradition : Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Lamb / Valerie Purton.
- Author
- Purton, Valerie.
- Publication
- New York : Anthem Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xxvii, 190 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-184) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Sentimentalism and its discontents in the eighteenth-century novel: Fielding, Richardson and Sterne: "There was more of pleasantry in the conceit, of seeing how an ass would eat a macaroon than of benevolence in giving him one" -- Sentimentalism and its discontents in eighteenth-century drama: Goldsmith and Sheridan: "Humanity, sir, is a jewel. I love humanity" -- Dickens and nineteenth-century drama: "We would indict our very dreams" -- The early novels: "Everything in our lives, whether of good or evil, affects us most by contrasts" -- The later novels: "What the waves were always saying" -- Conclusion the afterlife of sentimentalism: "Who will write the history of tears?"
- Call Number
- JFE 12-5754
- ISBN
- 9780857284181 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0857284185 (hardback : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2012021806
- OCLC
- 768167467
- Author
- Purton, Valerie.
- Title
- Dickens and the sentimental tradition : Fielding, Richardson, Sterne, Goldsmith, Sheridan, Lamb / Valerie Purton.
- Imprint
- New York : Anthem Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-184) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-5754