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This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations 2 The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born Again Theology and Intelligent Design 3 Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference 4 Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence 5 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour 6 The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture 7 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and Genetic Inheritance 8 The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values 9 Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society 10 Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty 11 Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life 12 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 20/02/2008
      ISBN13: 9780748625994, 978-0748625994
      ISBN10: 0748625992
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Oroonoko, or, The History of the Royal Slave and Race Relations 2 The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Born Again Theology and Intelligent Design 3 Gulliver's Travels, Multiculturalism and Cultural Difference 4 Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded and Sexual Abstinence 5 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling and Anti-Social Behaviour 6 The Female Quixote; or, The Adventures of Arabella and Northanger Abbey: The Power of the Media and Popular Culture 7 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and Genetic Inheritance 8 The Mysteries of Udolpho, A Romance and Family Values 9 Caleb Williams, or, Things As They Are and the Surveillance Society 10 Waverley, or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since and Disputed Sovereignty 11 Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus and Artificial Life 12 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and Fundamentalist Terrorism Conclusion Bibliography Index

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