Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-186) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Nancy Armstrong explores how Daniel Defoe, Jane Austen and Samuel Richardson created unforgettable protagonists who could overcome the limits of their social positions and how later, Victorian authors like Mary Shelley repackaged individuality in monstrous forms that threaten British society with collapse.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Didactic fiction, English-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
Individualism in literature.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Individualisme dans la littérature.
Littérature et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 18e siècle.
Littérature et société-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Morale dans la littérature.
Roman anglais-- 18e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais-- 19e siècle-- Histoire et critique.
Roman didactique anglais-- Histoire et critique.
18.05 English literature.
Didactic fiction, English-- History and criticism.
Didactic fiction, English.
Engels.
English fiction-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Ethics in literature.
Individualism in literature.
Individualism in literature.
Individualisme.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 18th century.
Literature and society-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.