Although Smollett's obvious masculine sensibility has become a commonplace in criticism of the 18th-century novel, the basis and particularities of that sensibility have never been examined. In actuality, his treatment of women--heroines, victims, and comic or grotesque--proves far more complex than conventional commentary suggests. This study attempts to show that in each category Smollett's treatment depends on the fictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.
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Although Smollett's obvious masculine sensibility has become a commonplace in criticism of the 18th-century novel, the basis and particularities of that sensibility have never been examined. In actuality, his treatment of women--heroines, victims, and comic or grotesque--proves far more complex than conventional commentary suggests. This study attempts to show that in each category Smollett's treatment depends on the fictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.
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VG+ Octavo. Navy blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine with just a trace of rubbing at the tips of each of the book's corners. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Single stamp on the upper edge of the textblock tells that this book was in a library "Wayne State University Libraries." Previous owner has done some underlining in color pencil here and there throughout. Pages are otherwise clean, white, and crisp. 196 pages. No dust jacket. Tight reasonably clean reading copy; not terribly common. Tobias Smollett the 18th Century author of works such as The Adventures of Roderick Random, The Expedition of Humphry Clinker, and others was highly influential on Charles Dickens and other "later" novelists.
