1st Edition
The Novel in Letters Epistolary Fiction in the Early English Novel 1678-1740
Edited By Natascha Würzbach
Copyright 1969
324 Pages
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Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
324 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1969, The Novel in Letters is a collection of nine novels in letters, representative of certain tendencies in narrative technique and subject-matter between 1678 and 1740. The editor shows how the narrative attitude of the letter writer, his humorous or sentimental viewpoint, give the events the flavour of personal experience. Motifs such as the arranged betrothal, or the... Read more
Preface Introduction 1. Five Love-letters from a Nun to a Cavalier (1678) 2. Captain Ayloffe’s Letters (1701) 3. From a Lady to a Lady 4. A Letter from Mrs. Jane Jones (1737) 5. The Lover’s Week (1718) 6. The Double Captive (1718) 7. The Constant Lovers (1731) 8. The Polite Correspondence (1740?) 9. Love-letters Between a Nobleman and his sister (1684) Select Bibliography Corrections to the Text
Biography
Natascha Wurzbach
