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- catalog abstract ""Professor John Skinner analyzes the prose narratives of Tobias George Smollett (1721-71) and their place in the development of the novel in Constructions of Smollett: A Study in Genre and Gender. Moved by the fact that Smollett is now considered beneath the acquaintance of the common English reader and risks becoming the first major English novelist to have passed from widespread popularity to antiquarian status without an intermediate stage of critical esteem, Skinner set out to formulate a major revaluation of the writer." "Constructions of Smollett begins with a brief historical survey of critical response to the author before arguing that the author has been unfairly judged by the standards of the traditional realist novel. Chapter 1 discusses Roderick Random, using both traditional and modern approaches to autobiography, while chapter 2 considers Peregrine Pickle in the light of Bakhtinian carnival and modern games theory. The third chapter concentrates on Smollett's fundamental importance as a satirist with particular reference to his less popular works: Ferdinand Count Fathom, Sir Launcelot Greaves, and The Life and Adventures of an Atom. After a final section which examines the various roles of the journey in Humphry Clinker and the Travels through France and Italy, the Conclusion juxtaposes issues of genre and gender through an analysis of Smollett's constructions of femininity."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b9144275.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description ""Professor John Skinner analyzes the prose narratives of Tobias George Smollett (1721-71) and their place in the development of the novel in Constructions of Smollett: A Study in Genre and Gender. Moved by the fact that Smollett is now considered beneath the acquaintance of the common English reader and risks becoming the first major English novelist to have passed from widespread popularity to antiquarian status without an intermediate stage of critical esteem, Skinner set out to formulate a major revaluation of the writer." "Constructions of Smollett begins with a brief historical survey of critical response to the author before arguing that the author has been unfairly judged by the standards of the traditional realist novel. Chapter 1 discusses Roderick Random, using both traditional and modern approaches to autobiography, while chapter 2 considers Peregrine Pickle in the light of Bakhtinian carnival and modern games theory. The third chapter concentrates on Smollett's fundamental importance as a satirist with particular reference to his less popular works: Ferdinand Count Fathom, Sir Launcelot Greaves, and The Life and Adventures of an Atom. After a final section which examines the various roles of the journey in Humphry Clinker and the Travels through France and Italy, the Conclusion juxtaposes issues of genre and gender through an analysis of Smollett's constructions of femininity."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 254-261) and index.".
- catalog extent "267 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Constructions of Smollett.".
- catalog identifier "087413577X (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Constructions of Smollett.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Newark : University of Delaware Press ; London : Associated University Press,".
- catalog relation "Constructions of Smollett.".
- catalog subject "823/.6 20".
- catalog subject "Fiction Technique.".
- catalog subject "Gender identity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Literary form History 18th century.".
- catalog subject "Literary form.".
- catalog subject "Masculinity in literature.".
- catalog subject "Men in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR3698.T4 S58 1996".
- catalog subject "Sex role in literature.".
- catalog subject "Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 Characters Man.".
- catalog subject "Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 Characters Men.".
- catalog subject "Smollett, T. (Tobias), 1721-1771 Technique.".
- catalog title "Constructions of Smollett : a study of genre and gender / John Skinner.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".