Eighteenth-Century Characters

A Guide to the Literature of the Age

By: Elaine M. McGirr

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Paperback | 25 January 2007 | Edition Number 1

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226 Pages

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Eighteenth-Century Characters offers a concise introduction to the eighteenth century, using characters as its starting point. Elaine M. McGirr presents contextualized readings of stock characters from canonical and popular literature, such as:
- The rake and the fop
- The country gentleman
- The good woman
- The coquette and the prude
- The country maid and the town lady
- The Catholic, the Protestant and the British Other.

Each chapter explores how a character's significance and role changes over the century, illustrating and explaining radical shifts in taste, ideology and style. Also featuring illustrations, a Chronology and a helpful Bibliography and Further Reading section, this essential guide will provide students with the necessary background to understand the period's literature and to embark on further study.

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'The 'characters' assembled by Elaine McGirr are figures that anyone who studies the Eighteenth century is certain to encounter; the particular history out of which each arises and the multiple uses to which all are put in literary texts are among the necessary questions about them that everyone who reads this book will have the tools to tackle.' - Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK 'A rich and gripping approach to Eighteenth-century literary history.' - Helen Thompson, Northwestern University, USA

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