Novel in Letters - Epistolary Fiction in the Early English Novel 1678-1740

First published in 1969, The Novel in Letters is a collection of nine novels in letters, representative of certain tendencies in narrative technique and subject-matter between 1678 and 1740.

List of contents

Preface Introduction 1. Five Love-letters from a Nun to a Cavalier (1678) 2. Captain Ayloffe’s Letters (1701) 3. From a Lady to a Lady 4. A Letter from Mrs. Jane Jones (1737) 5. The Lover’s Week (1718) 6. The Double Captive (1718) 7. The Constant Lovers (1731) 8. The Polite Correspondence (1740?) 9. Love-letters Between a Nobleman and his sister (1684) Select Bibliography Corrections to the Text

About the author

Natascha Wurzbach

Summary

First published in 1969, The Novel in Letters is a collection of nine novels in letters, representative of certain tendencies in narrative technique and subject-matter between 1678 and 1740.

Product details

• Authors: Natascha Wurzbach
• Assisted by: Natascha Würzbach (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032422237
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242223-7
• No. of pages: 324
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers