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Page 82
... women readers . ( Richardson eventually became the focus of an admiring circle of women as the result of his literary conquests . ) This appeal may have been reinforced by Richardson's practice of casting the whole narrative in the form ...
... women readers . ( Richardson eventually became the focus of an admiring circle of women as the result of his literary conquests . ) This appeal may have been reinforced by Richardson's practice of casting the whole narrative in the form ...
Page 83
... women . ― - The appeal of the new genre to women can be related to the social upheavals already described . For women in general the eighteenth century was a period of increasing economic depen- dence on their husbands as they were ...
... women . ― - The appeal of the new genre to women can be related to the social upheavals already described . For women in general the eighteenth century was a period of increasing economic depen- dence on their husbands as they were ...
Page 84
... women to do this since it provided a ' bridge ' between ' real - life ' letters and the previously uncharted ( for women ) waters of literary composition . As a format it demanded a simple , personal style which was within the grasp of ...
... women to do this since it provided a ' bridge ' between ' real - life ' letters and the previously uncharted ( for women ) waters of literary composition . As a format it demanded a simple , personal style which was within the grasp of ...
Contents
Theoretical Approaches | 21 |
Defoe and Richardson | 59 |
Varieties of Conservative | 87 |
Copyright | |
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