British Writers: William Langland to the English Bible, Volumes 1-8This collection of critical essays covers hundreds of writers who have made significant contributions to British, Irish, and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. The contributors analyze many individual works and engage the reader withtheir distinctive themes and stylistic. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. |
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Page 87
... sentimental novelist ; and to those readers who are acquainted only with Pamela , the title may seem justified . But when Mackenzie described " that species [ of novel ] called the sentimental , " the word " sentimental " car- ried ...
... sentimental novelist ; and to those readers who are acquainted only with Pamela , the title may seem justified . But when Mackenzie described " that species [ of novel ] called the sentimental , " the word " sentimental " car- ried ...
Page 132
... Sentimental Journey . The influence of this work was prodigious : volumes have been written on its vogue in France , in Ger- many , in Italy ; and countless publications with the word " sentimental " in the title appeared during the ...
... Sentimental Journey . The influence of this work was prodigious : volumes have been written on its vogue in France , in Ger- many , in Italy ; and countless publications with the word " sentimental " in the title appeared during the ...
Page 187
... Sentimental Comedy " ( 1773 ) is well worth reading ; it provides the theory that shaped both of his comedies . He thought the kind of sentimental comedy in vogue in his day in- imical to humor , that if humor once vanished from the ...
... Sentimental Comedy " ( 1773 ) is well worth reading ; it provides the theory that shaped both of his comedies . He thought the kind of sentimental comedy in vogue in his day in- imical to humor , that if humor once vanished from the ...
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