The Long 18th Century: Literature from 1660 to 1790
- ISBN-10
- 1408204738
- ISBN-13
- 9781408204733
- Category
- English literature
- Pages
- 373
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- York Notes
- Author
- Penny Pritchard
Description
An accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the era, this companion explores influential dramatic works by Ibsen, Shaw and Wilde; the poetry of mourning; novelistic genres, including social problem novels and sensation fiction; and the literature of the fin de siècle's aesthetes and decadents. Cultural and historical debates - focussing on empire, national identity, science and evolution, print culture and gender - supply essential context alongside discussion of relevant critical theory.
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