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245 _aFrom Dryden to Johnson
_c/ Edited By: Boris Ford
260 _aEngland:
_bPenguin Books,
_c1957
300 _a512 P.
490 _aVol. 4
505 _aGeneral Introduction – Overview of the period. The Social Setting & Literary Scene – Cultural and historical context. John Dryden – Life, works, and influence. Restoration Comedy – Its features and major dramatists. Literature and Science – Interaction of literary writing with scientific thinking. Daniel Defoe as Novelist – Defoe’s contributions to the novel form. Periodical Essayists – Development of essays and periodicals in the era. Swift and the Tradition of Wit – Jonathan Swift’s role in 18th-century literature. Alexander Pope – Poetry and influence. Richardson, Fielding, and Smollett – Early novelists and narrative techniques. Tristram Shandy and the Arts of Fiction – Laurence Sterne’s experimental writing. Oliver Goldsmith & Samuel Johnson – Later figures of the period. Appendix & Bibliography – Reference lists and indices.
546 _aEnglish
650 _aDryden--Johnson
700 _aFord Boris
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