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The Restoration was a period surprisingly rich in fiction, and the period between 1660 and 1700 witnessed the decline of the epic and the birth of the English novel. Literature of the period became increasingly secular in response to advancements in science, philosophy, and exploration. With growing recognition of the power of print, literary works became increasingly targeted to the masses, rather than just to the educated members of the upper class. John Bunyan's classic tale of salvation, ^IThe Pilgrim's Progress^R, became one of the most widely read works of the last few centuries and has been translated into scores of languages around the world. In recent years, the writings of Aphra Behn have elicited a growing critical response and have led scholars to reassess the place of women in early modern England.
But with the exception of Bunyan and Behn, the English novel written between 1660 and 1700 remains a comparatively neglected area. Nonetheless, many other authors produced works of fiction in genres such as the criminal biography, the Utopian novel, the scientific voyage to another world, and the heroic romance. This reference book establishes a list of novels that appeared between 1660 and 1700 and provides a comprehensive annotated bibliography of critical and scholarly studies. The first part of the book presents overviews of existing bibliographies, anthologies, and general contextual works on the early English novel. The second part of the book includes alphabetically arranged sections for individual authors of the period, listing editions and scholarly studies of particular works. A chronology lists the novels according to year of publication, and detailed indexes conclude the volume.
Table des matières
Sources and Abbreviations
Introduction
The General Period 1660-1700: Miscellaneous WorksBibliographies
Anthologies
General Studies
Individual Authors and Specific Works of Fiction 1660-1700Alphabetical List of Individual Authors, Titles, and Translations 1660-1700
A Selected Chronological Shortlist of Prose Fiction in English Published between 1660-1700
Index of Scholars
Subject and Thematic Index
A propos de l'auteur
ROBERT IGNATIUS LETELLIER is a member of the Salzburg Centre for Research in the Early English Novel at the University of Salzburg. He is the author of several books, including
An Intensifying Vision of Evil: The Gothic Novel (1980),
Interrelations Between the English and German Romantic Novel (1982),
Sir Walter Scott and the Gothic Novel (1995), and
Abraham and Lot in Genesis 18-19 (1995).
