Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
This study attempts to show that for each of Smollett's fictional women (heroines, victims, and comic or grotesque), his treatment of them depends upon the fictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.
Synopsis
This study attempts to show that for each of Smollett's fictional women (heroines, victims, and comic or grotesque), his treatment of them depends upon the f
Synopsis
ictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-190) and index.
About the Author
ROBERT D. SPECTOR is Professor Emeritus of English and Coordinator of both the divisions of Humanities and of Communications, Fine and Performing Arts at Long Island University-Brooklyn.
Table of Contents
Shaping Forces: Society, Personality, and Literary Tradition
Heroines
Fallen Women and Women as Victims
Comic and Grotesque
Notes
Bibliography
Index