Modern Novel Writing: Or the Elegant Enthusiast

ISBN-13: 9781845886080 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 192 str.

William Beckford

Opis

First published in 1796, "Modern Novel Writing" is a satirical attack on the sentimental and sensational novels of the day, as well as William Pitt the Younger, the war with France, repressive legislation, and government neglect of the poor. Edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Gemmett, professor of English at SUNY Brockport and an acknowledged expert on William Beckford, it is the first scholarly edition of this novel.