The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook

by Day, Gary; Keegan, Bridget

• ISBN13: 9780826495235
• ISBN10: 0826495230
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-07
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

The Eighteenth-Century Literature Handbook is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the eighteenth century. It provides a one-stop resource for students with the essential information and guidance needed from the beginning of a course through to developing more advanced knowledge and skills.

Author Biography

Cary Day is Principal Lecture in English at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. Bridger Keegan is Professor of English at Creighton University, USA.

Table of Contents

General Editors' Introduction

Introduction

Timeline

Contexts, Identities and Consumption: Britain 1688-1815

Literary and Cultural Contexts: Major Figures, Institutions, Topics, Events, Movements

Case Studies in Reading 1: Key Primary Literary Texts

Case Studies in Reading 2: Key Theoretical and Critical Texts

Key Critical Concepts and Topics

'Dead Keen on Reason?' Changes in Critical Responses and Approaches to the Eighteenth Century

Questioning Canonicity

Issues of Sexuality, Gender and Ethnicity

The Future of Eighteenth-Century Studies

Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terminology

Annotated Bibliography

Appendix: Teaching and Learning Strategies

Notes on Contributors

Index

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