Elaine M. McGirr

Eighteenth-Century Characters (eBook, PDF)

A Guide to the Literature of the Age

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 226
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137061225
• Artikelnr.: 62944852

Autorenporträt

ELAINE M. McGIRR is Lecturer in English and Drama at Royal Holloway University of London, UK.