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Book SynopsisThis study introduces readers to the eighteenth-century novel through a consideration of contemporary social issues.
Trade ReviewIf you want your students to connect with 18th-century literature, put this book on your course. It is accessible, challenging and guaranteed to liven up the dullest seminar. -- Gary Day Times Higher Education Supplement If you want your students to connect with 18th-century literature, put this book on your course. It is accessible, challenging and guaranteed to liven up the dullest seminar.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 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
