03802nam 2200661Ia 450 991077749530332120230721031225.01-281-35762-697866113576270-7486-3131-310.1515/9780748631315(CKB)1000000000412257(EBL)343580(OCoLC)254163698(SSID)ssj0000144738(PQKBManifestationID)11144653(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144738(PQKBWorkID)10145723(PQKB)11159056(MiAaPQ)EBC343580(Au-PeEL)EBL343580(CaPaEBR)ebr10435270(CaONFJC)MIL135762(OCoLC)232571587(DE-B1597)615104(DE-B1597)9780748631315(OCoLC)1306538587(EXLCZ)99100000000041225720080204d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues[electronic resource] an introduction /Stuart SimEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (225 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-2599-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-207) and index.COVER; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1: Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations; Chapter 2: The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born-Again Theology and Intelligent Design; Chapter 3: Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference; Chapter 4: Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence; Chapter 5: The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour; Chapter 6: The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular CultureChapter 7: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and Genetic Inheritance Chapter 8: The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values; Chapter 9: Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society; Chapter 10: Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty; Chapter 11: Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life; Chapter 12: The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues. Eighteenth-century authors grappled with very similar problems to the ones we face today such as: what motivates a fundamentalist terrorist? What are the justifiable limits of state power? What dangers lie in wait for us when we create life artificially? The book discusses key authors from Aphra Behn in the late seventeenth century to James Hogg in the 1820's, covering the 'long' eighteenth century. It guides readers through the main genres of the period from Realism, Gothic roma18th century novel and contemporary social issuesEnglish literature18th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish fiction18th centuryHistory and criticismEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.English fictionHistory and criticism.820.9005823.5093556Sim Stuart144074MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777495303321The eighteenth-century novel and contemporary social issues3829380UNINA