How disarming it was in reading the essay “Olaudah Equiano, Written by Himself,” to learn that in the 217 years between the time Equiano (self-published) his Interesting Narrative in 1789 and the publication of Cathy N. Davidson’s essay (by the…
“Expanding Empires, Expanding Selves: Colonialism, the Novel, and Robinson Crusoe” by Brett McInelly suggests it will detail the relationship between the expanding notion of the “self” alongside the expanding British Empire through the cultural artifact, the novel…
While Henry Tilney instructs the heroine of Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland, to read…
The dialogue between Lord Orville and Sir Clement Willoughby in volume 3, letter 14, Evelina to the Rev. Mr. Villars, of Evelina: Or the History of a Young Woman’s Entrance into…
Thesis of the WorkBecause Lynch’s ideas and words entwine to create an enchanting jungle for the reader to…
While early novelists such as Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding wielded realism to differentiate their works of fiction from the previous works of fiction published under…
Dear Readers,
After outlining the top five reasons for which Pamela “is by no means innocent,” the mock editor of Fielding’s Shamela writes: “What hath been said is sufficient to persuade you of the use which may arise from…
