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Informationen zum Autor Ioan Williams Lecturer in English Literature, University of Warwick Klappentext The documents collected in this volume, first published in 1970, trace the development of novel criticism during one of the most formative periods in the history of fiction: from 1700-1800. The material includes prefaces to collections, translations and original novels; essays written for journals modelled on the Spectator; passages taken from miscellanies and from books written primarily for some purpose unconnected with the novel; reviews from the monthly reviews; and introductions to the collected works of certain authors.This volume covers 100 years of criticism and creative writing, and the materials are arranged chronologically. Each of the documents is headed by an Introductory Note and the Editor has provided an important historical introduction. Zusammenfassung The documents collected in this volume, first published in 1970, trace the development of novel criticism during one of the most formative periods in the history of fiction: from 1700-1800. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION 1 From the translator’s Preface to Artamène (1691) 2 Preface to Incognita (1691) 3 From The Athenian Mercury (1692) 4 From the translator’s Preface to Cassandre (1703) 5 Preface to The Secret History of Queen Zarah (1705) 6 (a) From the Essay on Shakespeare (1712) and (b), from Remarks upon Cato, John Dennis (1713) 7 From the Preface to The Lover’s Secretary (1713) 8 From The History of Romances (1715) 9 Preface to Robinson Crusoe (1719) 10 From An Epistle to Daniel Defoe (1719) 11 Preface to The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1719) 12 From the Postcript to An Epistle to Daniel Defoe (1719) 13 Preface to A Select Collection of Novels (1720) 14 Preface to Colonel Jack (1722) 15 Preface to Moll Flanders (1722) 16 From the Dedication of Lasselia (1723) 17 Preface to Roxana (1724) 18 From The Tea-Table (1725) 19 Preface to The Fair Hebrew (1729) 20 From the Preface to The Finish’d Rake (1733) 21 From the Preface to The Disguis’d Prince (1733) 22 Preface to The Life and Adventures of Mr. Cleveland (1734–5) 23 Introductory material to Pamela (1740) 24 From a letter of Philip Dormer Stanhope (1740–1?) 25 Introductory material to Pamela (1741) 26 Preface to Volume I of Clarissa Harlowe (1747) 27 Preface to Roderick Random (1748) 28 Preface to Volume III of Clarissa Harlowe (1748) 29 From a letter of Elisabeth Carter (1749) 30 From a review of Tom Jones (1749) 31 ‘A Censure on the present reigning taste for Novels’ (1749) 32 An account of Clarissa and Richardson’s reply (1749) 33 Rambler, 4, Samuel Johnson (1750) 34 From a letter of Mrs. Donellan (1750) 35 From An Essay on the New Species of Writing founded by Mr. Field(1751) 36 From a review of Peregrine Pickle (1751) 37 From a review of Amelia (1751) 38 From the Preface to Clarissa Harlowe (1751) 39 From a letter of Philip Skelton (1751) 40 From a review of Amelia (1751) 41 From a letter of Samuel Richardson (1752) 42 Dedication to The History of Pompey the Little (1752) 43 From The Female Quixote, Charlotte Lennox (1752) 44 The Adventurer, 4, John Hawkesworth (1752) 45 From a letter of Philip Skelton (1752) 46 The Adventurer, 16, John Hawkesworth (1752) 47 The Adventurer, 18, John Hawkesworth (1753) 48 The World, 19, William Whitehead (1753) 49 Dedication to Ferdinand Count Fathom (1753) 50 From a letter of Johannes Stinstra (1753) 51 The World, 79, Richard Berenger (1754) 52 A letter written in the character of Lien Chi Altangi (1760) 53 A dialogue by Elizabeth Montagu (1760) 54 From a review of The History of Tom Fool (1760) 55 From a letter written in the character of Lien Chi Altangi (1760) 56 From a review of Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph (1761) 57 From a review of Tristram Shandy (1761) 58 From a review of Almoran and Hamet (1761) 59 From a review of Eloisa (1761) 160 ‘On Fictitious History’, from Lectures on Rhetoric, Hugh Blair (1762) 61 ...
